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Short work experience - omit? 29 Sep 2022, 01:36
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Hi,

Would appreciate any advice as to how to approach the following scenario in my MBA applications.

I'm deliberating whether to include a short 1-2 months of work experience I had.

The thing is that I really wish not to have any background check companies or adcoms contact that company. Essentially I told the company that I wish to terminate my contract with them as the role was very far from the one described, and apparently, they took it really hard and started making some allegations about violations of company guidelines etc. (i.e., that company can screw me over if contacted).

Now, I know that an omission of information could be equivalent to lying/misrepresentation and could potentially serve as grounds for rescinding my offer (if admitted), but would really appreciate good thought advice as to how to approach this issue.

Most people suggest simply omitting this short work experience, as it is not material enough and as there is extremely low chance that any background check company can find out about it. Regardless, I'm worried about the possibility that it will somehow come up in the background checks (I'm based in central Europe, not in the US).
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Short work experience - omit? 29 Sep 2022, 17:29
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Please include the facts in the resume. Its always good to bring out the facts.
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Short work experience - omit? 30 Sep 2022, 03:41
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Why? It would only shed negative light about my profile. I'm really curious to know what is the chance that it might come up in a background check
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Short work experience - omit? 30 Sep 2022, 08:02
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Companies necessarily will do a background verification prior to handing over the offer letter. Need to bring out the work experience correctly in the application.
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I still don't understand how can they verify something that they don't know the existence of....
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Hi Daren65,

This is Kate from mbaMission. Thanks for reaching out to us. First of all, I would not advise putting such a short position on your resume/CV. I think the question up for debate is whether you report it on the application form where the school asks for all your employment details. There, I would follow the application instructions carefully, if they ask for all full-time employment then you really should include it. As for the background check process, that won't happen until you're admitted and choose to accept the school's offer, and some schools may differ in their practices of how they do background checks. So it's really hard to know for sure whether it would come up or become an issue on a background check. My understanding is that the background check is mostly checking the employment info you provide, but I can't tell you for certain that it won't come up. I can tell you that it doesn't look good to omit something intentionally and have to explain it later. It's generally better to disclose something and explain it so the school isn't caught off guard with an issue.

Lastly, you can probably find people (admissions experts included) who will advise you on both sides of this situation. You'll need to decide for yourself how you're comfortable handling it because it's your application that you're signing/submitting. If you're really in doubt about how to handle it, you might want to contact a lawyer to review the situation.

Hope that helps some,
Kate


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Hi,

Would appreciate any advice as to how to approach the following scenario in my MBA applications.

I'm deliberating whether to include a short 1-2 months of work experience I had.

The thing is that I really wish not to have any background check companies or adcoms contact that company. Essentially I told the company that I wish to terminate my contract with them as the role was very far from the one described, and apparently, they took it really hard and started making some allegations about violations of company guidelines etc. (i.e., that company can screw me over if contacted).

Now, I know that an omission of information could be equivalent to lying/misrepresentation and could potentially serve as grounds for rescinding my offer (if admitted), but would really appreciate good thought advice as to how to approach this issue.

Most people suggest simply omitting this short work experience, as it is not material enough and as there is extremely low chance that any background check company can find out about it. Regardless, I'm worried about the possibility that it will somehow come up in the background checks (I'm based in central Europe, not in the US).
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