I am a recent college grad and recently started a job that I hate. I knew I would hate it but needed something to hold me over until I get another job.
Needless to say, I have been looking for other jobs/networking my ass off. I have a chance to potentially secure a job at a BB through networking (obv nothing definite).
My question is: if I get an offer, HR will do their typical background check. My record is clean and I have nothing to hide. However, would this job I am in disqualify me from entering the new analyst program? As far as I know, the programs are only supposed to be your first job out of college. I know its a long shot, but it may happen if all goes well.
I don't want to hide the job and get dinged for not being truthful. Maybe I can say it was a temporary job or something?
ie your wages that require you to pay income tax
background check will show everything with these filings
the hiring MDs won't know if you worked as a straight male stripper in weho
maybe i should rephrase my question: if i have this job for 2 months, will it disqualify me from joining a BB's new analyst program?
i could either just tell the truth or say it was temporary
does anyone have any idea?
looks like this may work out. i need to get my story straight. i could
will quitting my job disqualify me from entering the analyst program because technically it wont be my first job out of college?
tmi
its not on my resume and i dont plan on putting it. the issue is around the background check - i don't want them to do one and then have it come up and have an issue
or do old jobs not even come up? or will it not matter bc its two months?
I doubt it will come up in a background check. Basic check--usually outsourced--will ask you to list your jobs in the last 5 years. They check into those jobs and might even call for employment verification, but unless you disclose your current employer, you won't get "caught."
Completely disagree. You are obligated to disclose all of your employers on the background check form. If you fail to do so you will be found out and it will raise a huge red flag. Even internships are required, and temp work, so that is not a valid excuse. I really hope you didn't omit your current job from your resume or lie when they asked you what you've been doing for the past few months.
Note, the red flag WON'T be because you're currently employed. Banks hire lateral candidates from other fields ALL the time and having work experience does NOT exclude you from the program. It just so happens that the majority of analysts come from undergrad because that is the best source for them, but it isn't a requirement.
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I see it differently, but I'm sure it differs from company to company. This is what happened with my background checks. The Third Party firm we hired was very professional and gave absolutely no specificity about what jobs should be put on. What they were checking--and they made this very specific--was our employment checked against our resume to make sure that we were not lying on our resume about our title, that we weren't lying about our GPA or college degree, and that we hadn't lied about our past salaries during the interview process, which they noted. I, too, had a job I hated right out of college, left it off my resume, and filled out the background form as such. As I was specifically told by HR, it was to check that we weren't lying on our resumes, not that we had omitted information. A resume may contain any truthful information that one prefers.
I'll also add that I've filled out numerous background check forms for employment and all of them to my recollection have a section where you check a box that states "I was in college at this point". So no, you don't have to put down employment from undergraduate years.
Nevertheless, I respect your opinion and you could be 100% right based on your experiences.
thanks for the input. it is not on my resume because i sent my resume shortly after I started my job and would not have been able to describe what my role is. Think this will be a problem?
however, if the background check form asks to list past employers, i will absolutely list it. its not worth lieing on the background check form.
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