Can hospitals find out my work history?

[dedicate]

Can hospitals find out my work history? If I leave off a job from my resume, is there any way they can find out?

[caliotter3]

Yes, they can find out, through various means, including word of mouth.

[laughing weasel]

They can BUT may not check that closely. If it is a short period. the other problem is that if they find out later then they can say that you lied on initial application. I had a job for 6 weeks and I have never put it on my resume just to avoid silly questions.

[BeentheredonethatRN]

Not really -after they do the Criminal Check it is usually over most places are to cheap to go any further. Like CoTTER said," word of mouth." Nursing is a huge community , but actually small. Like the " Original Facebook " Always keep another job like Agency , part-time , etc. . just in case you have to make a run for it or tell someone where to go lol. You can use that part time job to fill that empty spot on your resume.

[Flying ICU RN]

Your significant work history is electronically splashed all over your credit report, and your Social Security record.

[foreverLaur]

Yup. Most of my jobs have found out every single job I ever held even though I didn't put it on my resume. I left them off because in high school / college I changed jobs every 6 months and there just isn't space so I put on the relevant ones. I did lose a job for leaving something off because they assumed I was hiding something and didn't want an employee that started off on a bad foot.

[P_RN, ADN, RN]

I had one for about 3 minutes and bingo there it was when performance review came up several years later.