Originally Posted by VTKY

Just to share this story of mine, which currently is still unfolding.

I left my last job in March 2019 and in my CV i did not indicate that i already left. The reason is i dont want companies to keep asking me why i left without a job. Based on my experiences, 99% of the company that is going to hire you will not call back to your "current" or previous company, especially so if you indicate that you are still working there.

In July i went to this aerospace company, got selected and they conducted a background screening, I did not know that companies in aerospace conduct such detail checks. Later did i know that it is due to the nature of the industry. After 3 weeks of checks on passport, education and employment, they discovered that i indicated i was still working in my ex company although i already left in March. And today, they asked me for reasons for this discrepancy ...