Updated Career and Job Search Links
Folks,
I have updated the list of Career and Job Search Links to incorporate a combination
of my contacts and Brian Enyeart's contacts. Some do not have web sites. For these
get in touch with me or Brian to get contact information.
Cheers,
HDShea
Problems with Employment and Compensation Verification
Brian Enyeart passed along a note about using TheWorkNumber.com to verify employment
and compensation. For those of you who do not know or may not yet have read your
separation information, this is the means by which our previous employer has decided
to allow future employers to verify employment and compensation. That is, your future
employer cannot call HR and get these data validated. I agree with Brian's a priori
assumption that there was no possible way that this was going to go off without event.
I can also validate his empirical analysis showing that he was completely founded in
his a priori assumption.
To validate your data yourself, you have to jump through a few hoops ("the system is
not set up to allow you to view your own data") and it takes 45 minutes to an hour.
First, you have to get on the systems and go through the initial set up. This is
explained in your separation documents. Then you have to set up a validation key
just as if you were going to allow a future employer to verify your employment and
compensation. Then you have to call customer service at TheWorkNumber.com and tell
them what you want to do. They will ask for some identifying information and the
validation key.
My data were wrong in exactly the same manner that Brian's were -- indicating that the
problem is systematic and probably initiated with our previous employer. I am calling
HR right now to indicate this problem. Brian had already done so and indicates that "HR
thinks its related to the acquisition payroll system transition problems, and they are
looking at the problem."
You will probably want to double check your own data prior to having a future employer
verify your compensation.