Recruiters process of blacklisting

[zzk2]

Hi,

This is a question for recruiters.

I'm interested in the blacklisting process. A few years ago when I was still at uni I found it hard to apply for work so I streched my employment date for a job on my resume.

Now, I have changed it, but I'm afraid I may get blacklisted from a few recruitment agencies because of that.

Say for example a jobseeker applies for various jobs on a job site say seek.com. Do the recruitment agencies extract info from the jobseeker's resume, put it on to their database? Information such as employment dates etc.

So when the same person applies again, his new resume will be cross checked from the old one or from that database for changes. And any change in details that could be seen as lies renders the jobseeker blacklisted.

I'm guessing they would only put information onto a database if the candidate was selected for an interview as there are thousands of applicants and so would be time consuming to put every resume onto a database.

Further questions:

1) Do recruitment agencies share the same info or have connections to the same info other recruitment agencies have?

2) Do background checks involve only calling former employers? Because some jobs don't list u as working there as your're paid cash.

3) What happens to background checks when the person has had a name change? It wouldn't be correct if the background check revealed inconsistencies when in fact this is because of a name change.

Thanks

[David Sandusky]

You are aware of your original mistake which I would not recommend anyone do, ever. Don't stretch on dates or anything else on your resume.

You may run into issues where you are exposed and trust may be in jeopardy - do the best you can to explain what you have learned.

Many companies keep all resumes in a database even if you are not asked to interview. This is a compliance issue and also allows companies to draw on resumes for other positions that may be a better fit.

Many recruiters do share resumes and information. In contingency firms, they split fees so are inspired to do so. Others do it because they are happy to help.

Finally, there are different depths of background checks from only checking employment and degrees to criminal, financial and references.

I hope this helps.