Does layoff information appear on background checks done by future employers?

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I think you should just have a good story. I was laid off in ‘10. My company was purchased and all they wanted was the software and none of the people, except leadership. So the let everyone go.And I tell people that.

And in today’s environment layoffs happen all the time so it’s not nearly as detrimental to ones career as it was 20 yrs ago.

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Most employers/past employees have a tacit unspoken agreement. Don’t badmouth your employer, and they will usually refrain from speaking poorly about you

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And sometimes it's written into your severance agreement too

It appears as any other employment record. Start date and end date

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There are standard numbers now to call, most of which are outsourced. They are only able to confirm dates and titles.

References are a completely different ball game...

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Where do they get your employment dates from? Can't be the actual employer if it's your current one.

Take you best guess on day and as long as you're not terribly far off (a couple of month or so), they won't say anything to you about it. I started keeping track of the actual days since the second time I switched companies when I realized I'd likely never be a lifer at any one company.

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Hi Fishes,

Need advice,

I recently got laid off by PS and my notice period just got over,

I have offers from:

PineLabs,

HealthKart,

Recro,

Rojo Consultancy

All are offering almost same ctc around 19-22 LPA,

I have 3 years of experience as a backend developer,

working on Spring Boot, REST API, Java 8.

Any help is really appreciated,

Thanks in Advance 😅



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