Worked for 2 days, required to list on app?

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If I worked at a job for 2 days, didn't even get as far as filling out my W-4 forms, and then was let go, am I required to list it on any future applications or resumes? I'd assume no, due to the fact that I worked for such a short period of time and didn't even fill out any paperwork, but some people were saying that you're required to list any and all places you ever worked at, because if you don't and later it's somehow discovered you did, it's considered immediate grounds for dismissal. On one hand it seems so pointless to list, but on the other, I'd hate to be working at a place for years only for it to somehow come out through word-of-mouth, etc. that I worked at x place and then to be terminated for falsifying an application.

Also, will being let go after 2 days affect my chances of obtaining employment as a nurse at other places? I'm worried that some place will hear somewhere that "___ didn't do a good job and was fired after only 2 days" and decide not to hire me as a result.

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Specializes in LTC.

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.

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Specializes in HH, Peds, Rehab, Clinical.

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They are going to have to pay you for those 2 days, one would think they'd want some information on how you want taxes withdrawn.

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

I agree I am curious as to how they allowed you to work without the proper forms being filled out. As to whether or not your next job will care depends on why you got let go after just 2 days....

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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.

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

Yes, well.....be specific about your experence when applying to facilities and during the interview. Don't misprepresent that as that is easy to figure out and makes you appear dishonest but two days? I'd cut my losses and move on. If you don't mention it no one else will either...good luck

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Specializes in LTC, Memory loss, PDN.

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.

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Specializes in Medical Surgical Orthopedic.

That sounds like a "working interview" to me.

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Specializes in HH, Peds, Rehab, Clinical.
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?

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Specializes in Emergency, Case Management, Informatics.

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.

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

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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.

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