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LegalSec

On a local government job application form it asks for ‘all’ employment history. Do they actually mean ‘all’ or just the last few jobs?

sangie595

LegalSec wrote: »

On a local government job application form it asks for ‘all’ employment history. Do they actually mean ‘all’ or just the last few jobs?

Really?

There is only one definition of "all" - it means "all". Not "some".

skintpaul

Last five years should be enough..

HappyMJ

LegalSec wrote: »

On a local government job application form it asks for ‘all’ employment history. Do they actually mean ‘all’ or just the last few jobs?

I wouldn't be able to answer the question so I'd put down whatever I could remember over the last 5 years as I still have the paperwork for the HMRC so I know that. I destroy old paperwork that will never be required again after 6 years. I've had too many jobs to count, it would be information overload for them and I wouldn't get the job.

Beyond 5 years ago seriously I do not remember. I have an awful memory with names of managers gone from my head and if I wrote a wrong starting month or finishing month I could be accused of fraud by false representation and sacked without notice at any time in the future. Omitting the information however is not an offence.

agrinnall

HappyMJ wrote: »

Omitting the information however is not an offence.

True, but your application would go in the bin if it had asked for 'all' employment history and I suspected you hadn't given it (for example, lengthy gap between exam dates and first job). The fact that you admit having a poor memory would suggest that keeping enough paperwork to remind you of what you have done in the past rather than destroying it all might have been a good idea.

HappyMJ

agrinnall wrote: »

True, but your application would go in the bin if it had asked for 'all' employment history and I suspected you hadn't given it (for example, lengthy gap between exam dates and first job). The fact that you admit having a poor memory would suggest that keeping enough paperwork to remind you of what you have done in the past rather than destroying it all might have been a good idea.

I've had more than 30 jobs. I wouldn't have a clue about all of them. I would put an entry "miscellaneous work from x date to x date".

I suspect my application would go in the bin if I did list all the 30 jobs or more that I have had in the past 25 years.

I don't have the ability to keep paperwork for that long. When I moved here 15 years ago almost everything I had up until that date was destroyed. All I had was a bag containing very important documents and clothing. That was it. I couldn't do anything about it. In the last 15 years I've moved several times and had to destroy things each time I moved so all my things can fit in a car or van. Boxes of paperwork containing piles of old wage slips aren't that important to keep so they were destroyed.