He has the skills, the experience and the personality, but he can't stop saying bad things
about his previous employers on Facebook and Twitter.
Not exact matches
Applicants are directed to furnish basic information
about themselves and their businesses, including personal information (full legal name, street address); basic business information (
employer ID number, type of business, number of employees, banking institution used); names and addresses of management personnel; estimated business expenditures and costs (including details
on the SBA loan request); summary of collateral; summary of
previous government financing; and listing of debts.
If the
previous employer does not have information
about the return - do - duty process (e.g., an
employer who did not hire an employee who tested positive
on a pre-employment test), you must seek to obtain this information from the employee.
The new laws, which will take effect
on January 1, 2018, prohibit
employers from asking job applicants
about their
previous salary and set requirements regarding criminal background checks.
In
previous articles, we have written
about how Canadian Human Rights legislation confers broad powers
on adjudicators to make damage awards for wage and other financial loss, for damage to dignity, feelings or self - respect, and for exemplary damages to drive home the heinous nature of impugned conduct; to order
employers to institute educational programs; or to do other pro-active things to secure compliance with the Code.
Lying
about a
previous job title will land you in hot water when a potential
employer contacts your reference, so big - up the experience you do have, rather than risk being rumbled later
on.
The biggest mistake I see job candidates making is talking
about their responsibilities, and what they need to focus
on are the results and accomplishments they've achieved for their
previous employers.
Do be sure what you list
on your resume matches your LinkedIn profile, and lines up with what your
previous employers will say
about the jobs you have held.
There is also information
on what reference checkers can ask
about you and what
previous employers can disclose.
SCENARIO 2 Common gaffes — Including logos of your current /
previous employers; client names while describing projects What it tells me
about you — You do not know how to handle confidential information What you could do instead — Do not ever include company logos
on resumes.
I'll supply the job search / hiring best practices / personal branding / writing and grammar knowledge; but I'll rely
on you to come correct with any information
about the companies you've worked for, your scope of responsibility for each position held, and examples of how your contributions were of benefit to
previous employers.
Here's what you need to know
about reference checks, including the reference check questions your
previous employers will be asked, what
employers can disclose, and information
on more detailed background and credit checks for employment.
Your
previous jobs aren't easy to keep secret, so don't presume that if it's not
on your resume, the
employer won't find out
about it.
Reasons for leaving
previous employment: Your future
employer doesn't need to read
on a resume anything
about why you are no longer employed with a particular company.
It explains
about your
previous job responsibilities and convinces the
employer to depend
on you for more major work duties.
Focus
on the positive aspects of the company or opportunity that you have moved onto, or the role that you are interviewing for, as opposed to being negative
about why you left a
previous employer, or why you are planning
on leaving your current
employer.
Based
on what he observed
about your work and character, your former
employer will rate your performance and how you were overall in your
previous employment.
The more you write
about your
previous work experience, stronger your resume will look and it will have a strong impact
on your potential
employers.
Some companies even recommend references
on your resume for them to call upon your
previous employer and know more
about your work ethics and behavior.
By prohibiting
employers from asking
about your salary history, hiring managers will have to make a salary offer based
on market data and won't be influenced by a low
previous salary.
«Ban the Box» It is only a matter of time until
employers will have to completely do away with the question
on an employment application inquiring
about previous criminal convictions.
Quotations
on resumes are also great tools for maximizing your job chances because in these sections are where
previous employers» testimonials
about you and your services can be shown or highlighted.
An
employer can not inquire
about previous criminal behavior
on the employment application form (Ban the Box»).
Effective October 31, 2017, it is illegal in NYC for
employers to ask
about your current or
previous salary history during the hiring process, including in job advertisements and
on applications.
Writing
about previous jobs One reason for not focusing too much
on these is that that even though they may have been satisfying and senior roles, writing extensively
about older jobs may cause the
employer to believe that your career has peaked and is in decline.
As noted in the
previous discussion
about the Covenant, these figures rely
on fairly limited reporting from
employers to GenerationOne, and do not identify whether the employees have moved out of unemployment to fill these positions or simply moved across from other jobs.