Alicia A asked:
I have been a stay at home mom for the last five years and am looking to work part time. My previous work history is short and both companies have gone bankrupt after I left. One is a new hotel and has the same phone number. The other was a chain retail store and I can’t even find the phone number it used to have. Does this look really bad on an application?
I have been a stay at home mom for the last five years and am looking to work part time. My previous work history is short and both companies have gone bankrupt after I left. One is a new hotel and has the same phone number. The other was a chain retail store and I can’t even find the phone number it used to have. Does this look really bad on an application?
They wouldn’t have gone bankrupt if you hadn’t embezzled them dry.
Not necessarily. If a potential employer asks about contacting your references, you may want to mention those facts to them for the sake of full disclosure, but I really doubt that you would be penalized for things that happened (to those companies) outside of your control.
Do you still have numbers of management (maybe cell phone #’s) or co workers? Surely a prospective employer would want some kind of info to make sure it is legit.
I don’t think their bankruptcy will affect you, but if you can’t show proof of employment that may be a problem because they won’t know how accurate your skills and abilities are.
What you could do is go to an employment office and take the tests they offer. See if they will allow you to use them on your own. They have different tests they perform depending on the position you are trying to get.
nope, it often is just busy work for application.
besides ex employers are challenged not to give a ‘ok’ work review.
most just acknowledge u did work there.
you should not be judged on the failure of the business that you once worked at….only senior management should be judged
on my applicaion i make reference to companies that dont exist any more because i worked there if you leave a gap in your history then at interveiw time they will say what were you doing in the year 1999 and if you say ohh didnt put that on because the place went bust and you cant get a reference from them…..
so put it in and make sure that you note on your history that contact cannot be made because ownership has changed and your history has been lost…
It shouldn’t be a problem. I worked for 2 companies that no longer exist. Most applications have a comment box for you to add anything unusual. For the most part, companies don’t care about if your previous employer is there or not. They are looking for continuous employment. If you have had 6 jobs in a year, then that is a red flag for an employer because you may not be there in a couple of months. Some advice for the future is to keep a work history in a notebook or saved on a word document. That way, you will have professional references whenever you need them. Hope this helps.