Work history recordsI would like to get my work history record from a factory so I know how to answer questions in an interview. Would a past employer have any reason not to give it to me? What step do I have to take? What sort of "work history" record is it that you think they have and why do you think it will help you in an interview? In most companies, all they have on file is your W-2 form, application, maybe your resume, maybe your reviews. None of that is going to help you in an interview for another job. My reviews. When asked by an employer ' What do you think your last employer; would say about you' I would like to have a good answer. Don' t people check past employment. That is one reason that they base their decision on, isn' t it? No one cares what some other employer wrote up on your review. If they ask what your former employer would say about you, you should be able to answer that without notes. Yes, they do check with former employers but not in the way that you' re thinking. You don' t need this file. What do they look for when they contact previous employers?
Many companies don't have HR department or not like they used too. Supervisors are not aloud to give references either for the good or bad, refer to the existing HR. HR only verifies the date that you worked there, maybe the last potion, wages sometimes. Too many employers are afraid of being sued for slander. Many companies know this and this is one area of the job application that could be eliminated. Some companies have already. Like Tess said give a honest answer, but always make it positive.
Actually, Disability is wrong. While that is the rule at many companies, it is not the rule at all of them. Even if it is the rule, people routinely break the rules. So, as to what a potential employer might ask? Anything they want to know. Most common are why you left, what kind of worker you were, if you had good attendance and were on time, did you get along with others, handle stress well, reliable, responsible, low maintenance. What is your biggest weakness, what is your greatest strength, things like that. Your personnel file is technically the property of your employer.You have the right to review it at any time convenient to the employer and generally speaking that request needs to be in writing. For your protenction as well as the employers. Anything in your file is considered confidential to everyone except the employer and you and the only way that you can get a copy of it would also be to request it in writing. You are entitled to a free copy of your personnel file up to the end of the last day of your employment but after that you need to pay for the copies to be made. Usually 10 to 25 cents per page. The majority of personnel files include nothing more than your application, resume, evaluations and letters of disciplinary actions taken against you. When I left my last employer, I asked for a copy of my file because an interviewer stated that he put more stock in evaluations than in what an HR person would say as they are limited. (Plus a few companies have a "good reference" policy) My file was over 200 pages because of all the "extras" that were included. Letters that were sent in from clients who liked me, certificates of achievement, certificates of completion from mandatory work related courses that I took, copies of ideas that I had for improvment within my department, some letters that I wrote complaining about the dissolution of a department, letters from other departments asking HR to contact me for an interview, letters from me where I protested the firing of a really good friend because her boss was a total ass and finally a copy of a petition that I had signed requesting the board investigate the reason for salary discrepencies between departments (not that I cared because I was in the department getting the higher salary but because I had friends in the other departments and believed that they should be paid an equal amount for an equal job). So, I forked over the 50 bucks for copies of my files and you know how many times I used it? Just that once.
What kind of work history do you mean? Salary increases, job performance, any kind of outside courses you took?
I fogot to mention that most employers these days (HR department) will only give your date hired, date left and reason for leaving - fired, resigned, laid off. | |
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