for hireright, do i also need to report unrelated previous employer like restaurant server title?

[uncut shadow]

i used to work as a server at a restaurant. but i forgot the exact details such as start date etc

[thorny jetty]

If you can ballpark it, that’s usually what i do

If you’re off by a few weeks it’s usually not a big deal, especially for jobs like that

[gaunt goblet]

did you put that on your resume

do you even need to report it

[thorny jetty]

I always do, idk

Better safe than sorry

[atomic valve]

I’ve omitted stuff that’s not on my resume for background checks but maybe it can vary based on company

[vocal sierra]

resume isn't related. it's what you put on your job app, right?

[atomic valve]

Also, for dates, when I got it wrong they got back to me with dates that they had in their system

[vocal sierra]

resume is basically make up whatever, but it's fair game to discuss in the interview. no one's going to verify it

[uncut shadow]

the tricky part is i used to work at a reastaurant when i was 17 as a bus person (worked there for 5+ years)

but somewhere in between they promoted me to server, but idk exactly when

[uncut shadow]

i heard many will red flag it and they will tell me im a bogus, and im afraid they will rescind my offer

[vestal siren]

Can you ask someone at the company? Background checks usually verify what you put, I've never had a background check come back and say "hey we found out you worked at a movie theater in high school and didn't put it on the app" or anything.

[vocal sierra]

Remember he's in Canada so things might be different. I'm so lazy I don't bother putting anything more than my last job in

[gleaming bane]

@uncut shadow I've done Hire Right background checks before in Canada. They usually ask for X amount of years going back for the background check. It should specify that somewhere?

Otherwise, what I normally do, is fill out the positions that i've used on my resume and leave it at that.

[uncut shadow]

it specify 5 years, but yeah between 2014-2020 i worked as a busperson, and later promoted into server (but not sure when)

i hope theyre not too concerned about the title

i put "bus person / server" as the title

and i doubt my previous manager even remember/ have info about this

[gleaming bane]

If it specifies 4 years, you put everywhere you worked in the last 5 years. For a bus person / server, they won't care much on the title as there simply validating that yes, KJB worked at XYZ place

[uncut shadow]

yeah thats my main concern, other than that im not sure if i stopped working there late march or early april, i put march, hopefully few weeks of difference isnt a matter to them

but i heard hireright is pretty bad

like youre guilty unless proven innocent

[gleaming bane]

Few weeks won't matter, its understandable that you can forget the exact date you left.

Don't read hire right reviews, just do the background check, stop overthinking it 😛

[uncut shadow]

whats the process like? do they literally call my previous manager?

because i was known there as someone else (they use my middle name instead and noone there knows my first name) lol

[gleaming bane]

No idea. Generally from what I remember, they just call the company, ask if KJB worked there from 2015-2016 and that's kinda it

[raw nest]

GFL for me. I worked for 5 years as a Field Engineer for Anadarko. Occidental nommed them in 2019....and pretty much liquidated all the admin and camp infrastructure. I don't think I could prove I worked there if you put a gun to my head.