Pre-Employment Check

[Med 4 Life]

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I was terminated from a job back in college. I only worked there for about a week so I totally forgot about it. Do residency programs conduct any type of pre-employment checks or call up past employers from college?

 

[wannabeOBGYN]

I was terminated from a job back in college. I only worked there for about a week so I totally forgot about it. Do residency programs conduct any type of pre-employment checks or call up past employers from college?

...you can't be serious.

 

[Med 4 Life]

...you can't be serious.

I was fired for something stupid. Just want to know if I should worry about it?

 

[jcu]

If it's not explicitly listed on your CV as a reference I can't think of any feasible way for anyone to ever find out ... ever.

 

[Med 4 Life]

If it's not explicitly listed on your CV as a reference I can't think of any feasible way for anyone to ever find out ... ever.

I don't think any of my summer and part-time college jobs would end up on my CV considering the fact that they weren't medically related.

However, can't a residency program still look them up even if they aren't on your CV by a simple background check?

 

[gutonc]

However, can't a residency program still look them up even if they aren't on your CV by a simple background check?

Did you work for the gummint? Or did your job require you to have high level security clearance?

Assuming you didn't get fired for a felony offense (that you also got charged with and were tried for in a federal court), nobody is going to care that you got ****canned from your job as a clerk at 7-11 when you were a sophomore in college.

 

[Med 4 Life]

Did you work for the gummint? Or did your job require you to have high level security clearance?

Assuming you didn't get fired for a felony offense (that you also got charged with and were tried for in a federal court), nobody is going to care that you got ****canned from your job as a clerk at 7-11 when you were a sophomore in college.

No, I didn't work for the government nor did the job require me to have a high level security clearance. And I didn't get fired for a felony offense nor was I charged with anything. I was simply terminated for something stupid.

It was a part-time cashier gig I had for only a week. Someone told me that it went on your employment record, so that's why I'm freaked out. I mean, my pay check did have taxes deducted, so it's probably on my record that I worked there.

Yet, MOST definitely, it won't go on my CV anyways since it was an extremely short period of time and completely UNRELATED to the medical field.

 

[Shoushu]

I was terminated from a job back in college. I only worked there for about a week so I totally forgot about it. Do residency programs conduct any type of pre-employment checks or call up past employers from college?

Does ERAS/ "the MATCH" ask you any question about if you were fired in any job?

Don't know if it'd come up in a simple background check in the US. If you apply to any of the VA hospitals, could be? I hear they use FBI-level checks. What 'bout military and gov hospitals?

I assume most programs don't have FBI/DHS/CIA access.

 

[GSUMATERIAL14]

Does ERAS/ "the MATCH" ask you any question about if you were fired in any job?

Don't know if it'd come up in a simple background check in the US. If you apply to any of the VA hospitals, could be? I hear they use FBI-level checks. What 'bout military and gov hospitals?

I assume most programs don't have FBI/DHS/CIA access.

You don't need a FBI level check to verify employment. I Just feel like those high school and college part time jobs are inconsequential to my medical career, so they wouldn't go on my CV.

I remember for medical school, they did a criminal background check on us. I believe that was sufficient enough for us through the 3rd and 4th year. So, I'm assuming for residency it's probably the same.