I recently accepted a position at a mid sized company after finally getting interviews following a year of searching. I have been trying to leave my current job at a larger company because I am burned out and do not respect the leadership. I dislike it so much that I gave my manager my notice right away. He is a good manager and I wanted to make the transition smooth. But I did this before the background check cleared.
If it is just a criminal check, there will be no problem. But now I am worried it is more than that. When I applied, I listed my education as a BS. But actually I only have some college. I joined my current company with only one credit left to graduate. They even mailed the signed diploma. I know it was a mistake not to finish. Now I am afraid they might contact my school and take back the offer. Even though the job posting says or equivalent experience, and I have worked here twice as long as I was in school.
So I messaged my boss after hours to withdraw my verbal resignation. I have not heard back yet.
I am really scared I have made a big mistake. I know they cannot take away my experience. But the tech industry is in bad shape now. It could take months to get another interview, even if I apply every day like my life depends on it, because it does.
If they do not let me take back my resignation and the new company cancels the offer, I will likely lose severance and maybe unemployment too. Since it will look like I quit. The only hope is that HR has not been told yet according to my manager. But it is embarrassing. I wish I had waited until the check passed.
I do not know what I will do if I end up without a job. I have nowhere to go. My savings will last about four months. I would not harm my self as I have family, but this did make the disturbing visual cross my mind and it is hard to forget. I have never gone from so happy to so sad in less than 24 hours.
I appreciate your kind words and reassurance. The reason I am so nervous about them checking is because I saw a post somewhere, maybe even on reddit, saying that the applicant input the wrong graduation month and that it was flagged during the background check. There were no other details or a follow up. I am hoping that their case was for a college grad junior position and that for me they don’t care since it’s not a junior position and I have years of experience.
I would be devastated if I leave my current job before background check completion and then they fire me over this issue. I am sorry about my nerves, the team and manager seemed like great fits during interview and it really seems like it would be a nice move. I was, or I guess I am looking forward to it, I just do not want to put my partner and I at risk and feel like I already have.
If you’ve got the signed diploma, just argue it’s a mistake if they ask but my last job was fine without me having graduated.
So if the background check does contain an education section should I put my diploma that I have or should I put that I have some college experience? The some college may cause a discrepancy with my application but the diploma may also cause one.
I’d say you have the diploma and if you don’t technically have the degree it was a misunderstanding…you thought the degree superseded the class… hopefully this was bunches of years ago.
Then let them know you’re going to fix it…n
That’s if they ask