Reapplying after Resignation

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Hi All,

I have recently resigned from a position after 3 months. I was straight out of college and decided my current program was incredibly stressful and not my calling. I am now applying to other positions at various hospitals. Should I include my past work experience in my resume although it was only 3 months? Or should I reapply to all these positions as a new grad and not mention my 3 months of experience? I guess i'm wondering how this whole scenario will be looked upon by HR recruiters....

Thanks so much in advance for the advice!

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No need to mention the 3 months. You were still within the probationary period. Besides, employers frown on job-hoppers.

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Sure, but when they perform a background check they will see the prior hospital position on my job history. How will I explain that this was left out of the application?

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Hi!

I am experiencing a similar situation also, and in my opinion, I WOULD mention the job. Yes, probation periods for jobs can go on for as long as a year, if not more, but that is not a valid reason to not disclose the information. I look at it this way: hospitals/health care facilities run background checks/social security numbers, and while I'll be the first to admit I'm not skilled in this area, I do believe they can see where you have formerly worked, or at least see what other businesses have run a check on you as well.

Now I may be completely off target with this, but I ask myself this: "If I *don't* mention it, and they do see that I did work for this company, how do I explain that?" Most applications will ask you account for any times of unemployment, and if you don't disclose those 3 months, it will be counted as unemployment. I would think it would look shady if they found out you worked there and didn't disclose it...and would question why someone would omit this information. IMO, it's better to be honest. However you don't have to go into great detail as to why you left.

If it makes you feel any better, I left my hospital job after 6 weeks! Long story short, I was told that I could resign and they would not fight my unemployment (obviously I had done nothing wrong, it was issues with the new job I was hired for) and am also eligible for rehire at the same place. And yes, I put this on my resume and as recent employers, and yes, I was hired for a new job today, 3 months after leaving this job.

Good luck, and remember, honesty is best because then you don't have to work so hard to remember information to CYA!

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Thank you so much rainbow!!! Glad i'm not the only one experiencing this! This whole process has been so difficult! Does anyone work for HR that can give some advice towards this? Is it frowned upon to look elsewhere after 3 months?

Thanks!

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I have done it both ways. No previous employment showed up in a background check when I didn't include it on my resume. When I did include it, I just stated that the area of nursing I was in wasn't a good fit for me. If you do that and get an interview, do be prepared to answer questions about the previous job and why you left. Make sure you don't given negative answers.

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I've had jobs do an employment check and got screwed when I didn't include something. I've had jobs from high school in which I just up and quit without a 2wk notice that gives me bad reviews so I leave it off as I have many years of solid quality work experience since then. I got busted and lost a job over it so, IMO, include everything.

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a lil off track ... but can you leave it out when you're applying and then when you get an interview, include it when you fill out the application? or is that shady?

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a lil off track ... but can you leave it out when you're applying and then when you get an interview, include it when you fill out the application? or is that shady?

I don't know if everyone does it this way, but my experience has been that the background check is done after the interview or an offer of employment. Of couse, the job would be contingent on passing the background check. So if you included it on your app, then explained it in an interview, it wouldn't be shady in my opinion.

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I don't know if everyone does it this way, but my experience has been that the background check is done after the interview or an offer of employment. Of couse, the job would be contingent on passing the background check. So if you included it on your app, then explained it in an interview, it wouldn't be shady in my opinion.

Most jobs I have done have done the pre-employment job screening before they interview you and the background check after you are hired (and pending it being successful). A background check does not show any employment history - only criminal records.

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Most jobs I have done have done the pre-employment job screening before they interview you and the background check after you are hired (and pending it being successful). A background check does not show any employment history - only criminal records.

That was my understanding of a background check, but others are saying that employment is showing up, so who am I to argue?

Where do you think those employers are getting previous employment information then?

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I'm not sure - but I've had a lot of jobs say they do a pre-employment screening that includes previous employment. There must be some system that allows potential employers to screen for that.

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