Worked for 2 days, required to list on app?

I would not worry, about being leg go of a job after a few years if they found out you were fired after only two days. If you are a good worker, your boss will not care about that.

How does an employer not have a new hire fill out those legal tax documents before they even punch a time clock?! (Not venting on OP, I have read this scenario more than once!) They are going to have to pay you for those 2 days, one would think they'd want some information on how you want taxes withdrawn.

I was given the forms on my 2nd day but said I wanted to take them home to fill out with my husband... but never even got to that point because just a few minutes later I was told things would not work out. I did get paid for the 2 days I worked, though.

As to why I was let go, it basically had to do with them not wanting the take the time out to train me and also because I got nervous and made a stupid mistake. I don't want to say exactly what the mistake was because it embarrasses me, just that it wasn't anything that caused the injury or death of a patient or anything truly awful like that, but was still really stupid and I should have known better. Also, for some reason they seemed confused about what kind of previous training/experience I had and expected me to know how to do things I'd never done before. I really thought it was kind of ridiculous on their parts, but I'm not a hiring manager so what do I know, maybe they were in the right.

About listing any and all jobs you've ever had - does anyone remember? I've done so much moonlighting over the years, worked in several states - there's no way.

I'm not shy about adding or editing forms or agreements I sign such as, "to the best of my memory at this time". Take insurance agreements for instance. There might me a statement saying "withholding premiums does not guarantee coverage". No way I'm gonna sign that form without expressively excluding that clause. At any rate, this two day gig was not a job you held.

That sounds like a "working interview" to me.

That sounds like a "working interview" to me.

AHA! And MANY employers have found themselves on the hook for unemployment when the "interview" doesn't work out and the person isn't hired. "Working interviews" are being done less and less often b/c of this fact. OP, did you file for unemployment?

I wouldn't list a 2-day employer. I have a couple of agencies that I've worked for in the past; worked for them for a couple of weeks before I realized that they were not a good fit for me. I don't list them on my resume or application. No employer has ever found out about them. It also helps that I had another full-time job while working with those agencies, so there was no gap in my employment. Still, a 2-day gap in your situation is not going to throw up a red flag.

Not that I have anything to hide by omitting these employers. I've never been fired from a nursing job. I would just rather not even discuss the issue with a prospective employer of why I left those agencies after 2 weeks.

No you do not need to list 2 days or 2 weeks.

I did 3 months of contract work in my old profession this past summer. I don't list it as it may appear to potential employers I'm 'on the fence' about my current profession even tho I've been working for a long time in this field.