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Is there a way to find out things that may come up in a background check that you don't know, but a company might?
Let's say you ended a job to finish college. You were supposed to take classes, but those would have interfered with you graduating. So, you graduate and you are not hired back on next season.(Part-time seasonal work) Is there a way to find out if you were officially fired and when?
I'm calling them now, but I don't think H&R Block even knows if they have an HR office.
I think this was asked of me during a polygraph in 2007, but even I didn't know.
Ok, I just gave up on trying to call them, they seem to be all automated. I don't even think the guy who did the background check back then tried this hard. Apparently I need a whole employment agency to verify this.
PS. The way they described it, H&R Block ends employment in May and hires back on in December or January.
Did you even get a paycheck, or just took the class?
I got a W-2 and end of salary statement for that year.
They don't pay us to take the classes.
In fact, some of the classes we have to pay for. lol
I tried getting the classes, but after 3 of them(we need 24 hours worth, each class being 2-3 hours), some of them I arrived early at the location on the paper and it was like a ghost town.
Hey had online classes too, but so did my college. When it comes time to choose . . . . .
I got a W-2 and end of salary statement for that year.
They don't pay us to take the classes.
In fact, some of the classes we have to pay for. lol
I tried getting the classes, but after 3 of them(we need 24 hours worth, each class being 2-3 hours), some of them I arrived early at the location on the paper and it was like a ghost town.
Hey had online classes too, but so did my college. When it comes time to choose . . . . .
wow, not sure if you were even fully hired lol. maybe just leave it off your resume? kind of a gray area here
wow, not sure if you were even fully hired lol. maybe just leave it off your resume? kind of a gray area here
Yeah, but when the police department asked, they wanted a "yes or no".
I feel that if others can expect a yes or no, I need a yes or no to give them.
But, I see what you're saying.
In other news, I received 5 replies in the mail form the county saying I do not meet the requirements for Customer Support Supervisor. I only applied once, lol. That Tornado really did a number.
I don't think you were fired. You can come back for next tax season and go through the same hiring process as everyone else does the next tax season.
I hate to break it to you, but seasonal work is different than the real world. It's a lot like temporary work. When it's done, it's done. No ifs ands or buts. You take it knowing when it ends. Unless you do something which causes you to get fired the job ends.
H&R Block uses a service for employment verification called The Work Number. Anyone trying to do an employment verification would have to go through this site: The Work Number | Instant Online Verifications
Because they use this site, no one in Human Resources will likely discuss past employees. It's a touchy subject, companies get sued over making disparaging remarks. Usually the way around it is by asking if you are "eligible to be rehired." While they may not say if you were fired, they can say whether or not they would consider rehiring you, which is pretty much the same thing of course. Lawyers...
H&R Block uses a service for employment verification called The Work Number. Anyone trying to do an employment verification would have to go through this site: The Work Number | Instant Online Verifications
Because they use this site, no one in Human Resources will likely discuss past employees. It's a touchy subject, companies get sued over making disparaging remarks. Usually the way around it is by asking if you are "eligible to be rehired." While they may not say if you were fired, they can say whether or not they would consider rehiring you, which is pretty much the same thing of course. Lawyers...
some temp agencies I go through use The Work Number as well. They pretty much just verify dates of the assignment. Of course I collect references from the agency and/or company I was assigned to, but the Work Number is the "official" HR Dept I guess in a case like this
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