如何找到完整的就业历史
如果您正在申请工作，您可能需要至少披露一些有关您的工作经历的详细信息。大多数雇主在他们的工作申请中都有一个“工作历史”部分，在那里你会被要求提供过去的公司、工作日期和你最近担任的几份工作的职称。大多数职位还要求您提交一份简历，并说明您的职业经历。
您应该如何编制您的工作经历报告，您如何找到或验证您不会立即回忆起的详细信息？在这篇文章中，我们将详细探讨这些问题。
什么是就业历史报告？
虽然您可能会将“就业历史报告”一词与一种背景调查联系起来，但事实是，没有背景调查服务可以让雇主获得您过去工作的完整列表。相反，雇主依靠申请人通过工作申请和简历自我报告这些信息。因此，您应该将您的工作经历报告视为您自己编译的资源。
如今，大多数专业人士在多个地方展示或保存他们的工作历史。一般的求职者在他们的计算机上都有一份简历，如果他们需要申请工作，他们可以随时更新和调整。许多专业人士也有 LinkedIn 页面，其中包括过去雇主和工作的列表。
如果您已经以一种或两种格式准备好这些信息，那么在提交简历时更新您的工作经历报告应该不会有太大的麻烦。
就业历史报告包括什么？
简历上的工作经历部分遵循普遍接受的格式，其中每个条目都包含四种关键类型的信息：
职称
雇主的名称和地点
您的工作日期
您的工作职责、职责和主要成就的清单
在某些情况下，您可能还需要在工作申请中提供您过去的老板或主管的姓名和联系信息。
如何查找您的工作经历
如何找到自己的工作经历？没有人会比您更了解您的工作经历——事实上，大多数候选人都可以凭记忆准备自己的工作经历报告。
随着时间的推移，可能会忘记有关您以前的雇主或工作的关键细节。如果您正在尝试对过去的工作进行完整说明，您可能能够毫无问题地回忆起最近的工作，但很难记住您职业生涯早期的工作情况。或者，您可能记得有关特定工作的一些事情（例如您在哪里工作以及您的一般职责是什么），但很难记住其他事情（包括特定职位或工作日期）。
就业历史报告的准确性有多重要？公司通常会通过联系前雇主并询问详细信息（例如职位、工作日期、职责、薪水和离职原因）来核实候选人的工作经历——尤其是最近的工作。因为简历谎言是一个常见的问题，招聘经理对检查这些信息变得警惕。
您的简历与潜在雇主通过验证检查学到的内容之间的差异可能会引发危险信号，并可能使您失去工作。因此，您在编制就业历史报告时需要以完全准确为目标。
如果您不记得过去工作的详细信息，您可以采取一些步骤来查找您自己的工作经历。
第 1 步：查看您可能拥有的文件。
您可能有一些文件可以帮助您重新审视您的工作经历。例如，您的纳税申报表副本有助于回忆公司名称、工作日期和工资。过去的简历和求职信草稿也可能包含您忘记的信息。
第 2 步：联系前雇主。
如果您无法回忆起确切的工作日期或职位，一种策略是直接联系雇主并询问。人力资源部门会为过去的员工保留这些信息，并且应该愿意提供给您。
第 3 步：向社会保障局索取详细信息。
如果您需要大量帮助来重建您的工作经历，您可以联系社会保障局 (SSA)。由于您出于纳税目的向所有雇主提供您的社会安全号码，因此您的整个就业背景应该可以通过 SSN 进行追踪。您可以提交“社会保障收入信息请求”以获取您过去工作地点的详细 SSA 列表。
此选项的缺点——以及雇主不使用 SSA 搜索来验证工作历史的原因——是这些搜索涉及大量成本和冗长的时间表。您的收入报表的“认证”版本将花费您 122 美元，而非认证报表将花费您 92 美元。等待时间可能是三到四个月，具体取决于您提交请求时 SSA 的繁忙程度。
您还可以通过向当地失业办公室提交请求来获取相关的社会保障信息，包括工作经历的详细信息。
简历上的工作经历
一旦您编制了一份详细而准确的工作经历纲要，您就可以着手构建或更新您的简历。清单应包括职位、雇主名称和地点、就业日期、工作职责和技能以及工作成就。定期更新文档并保存数字和纸质副本是跟踪您的工作历史以确保您不会随着时间的推移忘记关键细节的关键方法。
您不需要在简历中提交一份过去工作和雇主的完整列表。尤其是在零工经济时代，许多专业人士都有非传统的工作经历，其工作安排比传统工作多得多。与其在整个职业生涯中担任五六份工作，现在更常见的是一个人从事十几份或更多的工作。
保持标准的一页限制不会为您提供足够的空间来列出您曾经担任过的每一份工作。相反，在你最近的工作和最能展示你所寻求的特定职位的资格和技能的工作或演出之间平衡你的简历。
常见问题
你怎么知道你是否通过了背景调查？
如果雇主因背景调查结果而对您采取不利行动（例如撤销工作机会），则他们必须以书面形式通知您。如果您未通过潜在雇主眼中的背景调查，法律要求他们告知您这一事实。
为什么我必须为自己的背景调查付费？
如果您希望对自己进行背景调查——例如通过支付 SSA 来提取您的工作经历——您是出于个人原因采取这一步骤，并且必须支付费用。大多数雇主将承担他们希望进行的任何聘用前审查的费用。但是，雇主可以要求您支付自己的背景调查费用；这种做法并不常见。
就业前背景调查显示什么？
就业前背景调查可以远远超出工作历史。除了联系您过去的雇主之外，招聘经理可能会提取您的犯罪记录、向信用报告机构检查您的信用报告、致电学院或大学以验证您的学位、与有关您的专业推荐人交谈等等。
什么是背景调查？
背景调查是对您过去的任何调查，包括犯罪记录、信用卡记录、过去的雇主和工作、教育、民事法庭记录、驾驶记录或其他详细信息。公司使用背景调查来验证候选人的详细信息，例如他们的简历信息，并搜索可能使雇用候选人更具风险的危险信号。
If you are applying for a job, chances are that you will need to disclose at least some details about your employment history. Most employers have a “work history” section on their job applications where you’ll be asked to provide past companies, dates of employment, and job titles for the last several jobs that you’ve held. Most positions will also require you to submit a resume with an account of your professional history.
How should you compile your employment history report, and how can you find or verify details that you don’t immediately recall? In this post, we will explore these questions in detail.
What Is an Employment History Report?
While you may associate the term “employment history report” with a type of background check, the truth is that there is no background check service that will allow an employer to get a full list of your past jobs. Instead, employers rely on applicants to self-report this information via job applications and resumes. As such, you should think of your employment history report as a resource that you compile on your own.
These days, most professionals present or save their work history in multiple places. The average job seeker has a resume on their computer that they can update and tweak at a moment’s notice if they need to apply for a job. Many professionals also have LinkedIn pages, which include a list of past employers and jobs.
If you already have this information at the ready in one or both formats, then you shouldn’t have much trouble updating your employment history report when it’s time to submit a resume.
What Is Included in an Employment History Report?
The work history section on a resume follows a commonly-accepted format in which each entry includes four key types of information:
Job title
The name and location of the employer
Your dates of employment
A list of your job duties, responsibilities, and key accomplishments
In some cases, you may also need to provide names and contact information for your past bosses or supervisors on the job application.
How to Find Your Employment History
How can you find your own employment history? No one will have a better knowledge of your work history than you will—in fact, most candidates can prepare their own employment history reports from memory.
It is possible to forget key details about your previous employers or jobs over time. If you are trying to compile a full account of your past work, you may be able to recall recent jobs without issue but struggle to remember employment engagements from earlier in your career. Alternatively, maybe you remember some things about a particular job (such as where you worked and what your general responsibilities were) but have trouble remembering others (including specific job titles or employment dates).
How important is accuracy in employment history reporting? Companies will often verify job histories for their candidates—especially for more recent jobs—by contacting former employers and asking about details such as job titles, dates of employment, responsibilities, salaries, and reasons for leaving. Because resume lies are a common problem hiring managers have become vigilant about checking this information.
Disparities between your resume and what a prospective employer learns through a verification check can raise red flags and potentially cost you a job. As a result, you need to aim for complete accuracy when compiling your employment history report.
If there are details about past jobs that you don’t remember, there are steps that you can take to find your own employment history.
Step 1: Review documents that you may have in your possession.
You may have documents that will help you revisit your work history. Copies of your tax returns, for instance, can be helpful for recalling company names, employment dates, and salaries. Past drafts of resumes and cover letters might also include information that you’ve forgotten.
Step 2: Contact former employers.
If you’re having trouble recalling exact employment dates or job titles, one strategy is to contact the employer directly and ask. Human resources departments keep this information on file for past employees and should be willing to provide it to you.
Step 3: Request details from the Social Security Administration.
f you need considerable assistance reconstructing your work history, you might contact the Social Security Administration (SSA). Since you provide all employers with your Social Security Number for tax purposes, your entire employment background should be trackable via SSN. You can submit a “Request for Social Security Earnings Information” to obtain an itemized SSA list of where you’ve worked in the past.
The drawback to this option—and the reason why employers don’t use SSA searches to verify employment history—is that there is a substantial cost and a lengthy timeline involved with these searches. A “certified” version of your earnings statement will cost you $122, while a non-certified statement will cost $92. Wait times can be three or four months, depending on how busy the SSA is at the time when you submit your request.
You may also be able to obtain relevant Social Security information, including job history details, by submitting a request to your local unemployment office.
Employment History on a Resume
Once you’ve compiled a detailed and accurate rundown of your employment history, you can get to work building or updating your resume. Listings should include job titles, employer names and locations, employment dates, job responsibilities and skills, and job accomplishments. Updating the document regularly and saving both digital and paper copies are critical ways to keep track of your employment history to make sure that you aren’t forgetting key details over time.
You are not expected to submit a full list of past jobs and employers on your resume. Especially in the age of the gig economy, many professionals have nontraditional work histories that span many more work arrangements than traditional jobs. Instead of holding five or six jobs throughout a career, it is more common these days for an individual to work a dozen jobs or more.
Keeping to the standard one-page limit won’t provide you with enough space to list every job that you’ve ever held. Instead, balance your resume between your recent employment and the jobs or gigs that best display your qualifications and skills for the specific position that you are seeking.
FAQs
How do you know if you passed a background check?
Employers are required to notify you in writing if they are taking adverse action against you, such as rescinding a job offer, due to background check findings. If you have failed a background check in a prospective employer’s eyes, they are legally required to inform you of that fact.
Why do I have to pay for my own background check?
If you wish to conduct a background check on yourself—such as by paying the SSA to pull your work history—you are taking that step for personal reasons and must cover the expense. Most employers will cover the costs of any pre-employment vetting that they wish to perform. However, an employer can ask you to cover the cost of your own background check; this practice is not common.
What shows up on a pre-employment background check?
Pre-employment background checks can reach far beyond job history. In addition to contacting your past employers, hiring managers might pull your criminal records, check your credit report with credit reporting agencies, call a college or university to verify your degree, chat with professional references about you, and more.
What is on a background check?
A background check is any investigation into your past, whether it includes criminal history, credit card history, past employers and jobs, education, civil court history, driving record, or other details. Companies use background checks to verify details about candidates such as their resume information and to search for red flags that might make employing a candidate more risky.
