Omitted short-term job from job application and worried about background check

manpreet Best Answer 2 years ago

So I received a formal job offer last week, and I am now going through the href="https://forum.tuteehub.com/tag/background">background check process to get everything finalized.

I have one job that I left off of my resume that was a six-week stint at a collections law firm. It was a horrifyingly bad position (so bad that I ended up in therapy over it), and I left it off of my resume for good reason since it has absolutely nothing to do with my career path.

When I went to apply for this job, they just had me submit my resume and cover letter, and that was it. I didn't submit any addresses or anything else as far as my employment history. They did, however, put me through five interviews and two personality tests for this position, so I know they are thorough when it comes to their interview process.

For the href="https://forum.tuteehub.com/tag/background">background and credit check, they just wanted my date of birth and my SSN, and they said their 3rd party href="https://forum.tuteehub.com/tag/background">background checking company would take it from there. I did find it odd that they still did not want any other information, but I figure their href="https://forum.tuteehub.com/tag/background">background company is also going to be insanely thorough and might catch this job. The only thing they are not doing is giving me a drug test, which is also odd since practically every other job I have had I have had a drug screen.

Now I am super worried since I have not disclosed this minor stint working at this law firm that it is going to kill this job opportunity. I really want this job, so I would like to do the right thing that will help me secure it.

I know that my criminal href="https://forum.tuteehub.com/tag/background">background is clean as I have had to undergo two href="https://forum.tuteehub.com/tag/background">background checks for my current position that I was a contract-to-hire for with a Fortune 500 company. I don't know if their employment href="https://forum.tuteehub.com/tag/background">background check was as thorough as this one will be, but I did have to submit W-9s, copies of my diploma, etc. for my current job. They never asked me about the temporary law firm stint, and I was hired on. It was also a 3rd party that was doing the employment href="https://forum.tuteehub.com/tag/background">background check.

Should I call the hiring manager in HR that I have been working with and let them know about this job or should I just let it go and wait for them to ask me about it?

manpreet 2 years ago