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[deanwebb]

Another exploding job offer

A reader’s entire family gets seriously hurt by the fallout from an exploding job offer in the August 11, 2020 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter. Question A few weeks ago my husband applied for a new job. It took weeks just to go through the process. They ran a background check, had him take a drug test, gave him a start date, and told him when he would be flying out of state for training. He passed the drug test and he was cleared on the background check. Now, my husband is a felon, but his conviction was 15 years ago

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[Otanx]

This is why I stress out going for a new job. I don't have anything in my background like in the article, but there is minimal downside to the company, and major downsides to the future employee. I could accept the offer, give notice, and then the new place could just decide to fire me before I even start. A friend of mine is looking at out of state jobs. He has an offer in hand right now, but he also knows the company failed to renew a contract with their biggest customer. He is worried they are going to downsize and get rid of the slot before he even moves. He is talking to HR about it, but they could 100% be telling the truth that they are keeping the slot, and next week that decision changes.

-Otanx

[deanwebb]

Whenever I've considered an out of town job offer, I've always factored in an apartment rental for the first few months at least, because I'm not planning on moving for something that might fall through.

On the felony thing, I had a friend who served time in prison and another who had a DUI. Both *always* came forward with that information in job interviews to make sure that the employer knew about it and would not discover the information on their own. They did not want to come across as possibly attempting to deceive anyone.

I have an employment gap from 2001-2002, about 6 months. When I applied for a job in 2002, it was very pertinent to the interview and I had to address it - it was a family situation, and the explanation was pretty straightforward, even if it was some recent rawness and pain that I had to push through to do it. When I applied again for jobs in 2013, it was older, but I still had to account for it. Being older, there was less accounting demanded of me. When I applied for my current role, it was so far back that nobody cared to ask.

Basically, grownups hate surprises. And when they get a surprise in an application, they take it as an attempt to deceive them, and they wonder what else are you being deceptive about.