Amazon Background check coming up. Have inconsistencies in my resume.
Hi I need advice on how to navigate this issue. I have recently gotten a job offer for CSE role at aws (I would be relocating to a different country for the role). I have 5 job experiences listed on my resume. However I have 2 half truths on the earliest experiences at the beginning of my career. To be honest it has been this way for a longtime had not paid attention to it. And totally unnecessary.
1. I was recruited by an outsourcing firm XXXX to work for a large firm YYYY as an outsourced staff. My payslips and contract letter are from YYYY. On my resume it is listed that I worked for XXXX for the duration. The evidence I have showing my affiliation to XXXX are training certificates signed by the global HR for XXXX. The background check company requires contract letter or payslips as evidence.
2. I have volunteer experience on a project with another large company ZZZZ in my home country listed as ZZZZ(contract) on my resume. I only have a contactable reference (the project lead for ZZZZ at the time) as evidence.
All other information is accurate without any exaggerations.
How do I navigate this issue. I am already at the point of processing my visa.
Is my offer toast?
Any possibility of salvaging the situation?
I have not been sent the link for work experience verification yet. Over sight from the recruiter i suspect but its coming soon i am sure.
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I am sorry I made an error in the initial post.
1. I was recruited by an outsourcing firm XXXX to work for a large firm YYYY as an outsourced staff. My payslips and contract letter are from XXXX. On my resume it is listed that I worked for YYYY for the duration. The evidence I have showing my affiliation to YYYY are training certificates signed by the global HR for YYYY. The background check company requires contract letter or payslips as evidence.
If you lied in the background check form as well as on the old resume then it's not really an old mistake, it's recent dishonesty.
I think you might have issues in that case. Your best bet is to clarify it all honesty and let them check the truth.
Thanks for your response. Would you suggest I contact my recruiter or just make the adjustments when filling the employment verification forms with Accurate Background.
Background check companies are assholes. No way around it. End result is they gather as much as they can and report it to your employment.
Your employment is the one who cares, not them.
Let your employer know "I am having a hard time getting this information" they will most likely understand and you will be hired regardless.
In other words. Nobody is worried about this except you and some guy named Oleg at the BG company who wants to ask for things you can't provide.
It would’ve looked a hell of a lot worse if you said on your resume that you worked for YYYY (FAANG) but you were just a contractor and you got hired and paid by XXXX.
It’s not a disqualifier and I don’t think you’re toast, but you may want to get ahead of it by letting your recruiter know of what’s going on. You’re telling the truth, it’s just that it’s a bit of a roundabout situation with the actual proof. Tell your recruiter you have all the evidence you suggested. You didn’t lie, and I’m sure this situation happens more than you know especially at big companies like Amazon.
Considering you haven’t been sent the link yet, you have time to collect opinions here on Blind. But you’re not out of the game yet, I think.
I am sorry I made an error in the initial post. This is the situation
1. I was recruited by an outsourcing firm XXXX to work for a large firm YYYY as an outsourced staff. My payslips and contract letter are from XXXX. On my resume it is listed that I worked for YYYY for the duration. The evidence I have showing my affiliation to YYYY are training certificates signed by the global HR for YYYY (I was trained by and all work I did was for YYYY). The background check company requires contract letter or payslips as evidence.