What do you think my DH should do? (job related)

[bag13msu]

Towards the end of  last my DH was fired for his job. It is ok because the job was not a good fit and his  boss was an ass (told my DH he was not on board with him being hired a few months ago).  My DH  found a new job back in OCT/NOV of last year  BUT it  does not have a start date till April of this year. So he is  waiting to start. He reached out to his recruiter and left a message saying he had a question about his  start date. He did not mention he got fired in his message.  His recruiter  sent an  email starting is planned April start date.  My question is should he call her back  and let her know of his employment status? How should he approach it?

[daisyn]

Your husband starts a new job in April and you want to know if he needs to tell the recruiter he got fired from his current job? I would say no unless he's asked. Is he hoping he could start the new job sooner? That would be the only reason I could see to bring it up

[bag13msu]

Feb 9, 2016 15:29:34 GMT -5 daisyn said:

Your husband starts a new job in April and you want to know if he needs to tell the recruiter he got fired from his current job? I would say no unless he's asked. Is he hoping he could start the new job sooner? That would be the only reason I could see to bring it up

We were thinking he could start sooner but do not  want to  put anything  at risk.

[daisyn]

I guess it depends on what kind of job, and why he was planning to start in April in the first place

[larzhope]

they are going to find out when they do the background check/employment verification anyway. they might not know that it was a termination, but they will know employment dates.

[sfy]

Do you know whether they have already verified his employment? If so, it might not be worth keeping quiet and hoping it doesn't come up, but if not, I would want to get ahead of it and present the info voluntarily to the recruiter, especially if she is external. My guess is that they don't want/can't allow him to start earlier. Given the gap between the offer date and start date, there are probably budgetary reasons for the delay.

[bag13msu]

Feb 9, 2016 18:23:41 GMT -5 sfy said:

Do you know whether they have already verified his employment? If so, it might not be worth keeping quiet and hoping it doesn't come up, but if not, I would want to get ahead of it and present the info voluntarily to the recruiter, especially if she is external. My guess is that they don't want/can't allow him to start earlier. Given the gap between the offer date and start date, there are probably budgetary reasons for the delay.

No, they have not verified.So  you  would let them know?

[vanillacourage]

What was the reason for the long delay in the first place?

[bag13msu]

Feb 9, 2016 20:04:39 GMT -5 vanillacourage said:

What was the reason for the long delay in the first place?

It was a college recruiting. He is getting his masters in  network security.  So I guess their recruiting  schedule and budgets.

[daisyn]

Feb 9, 2016 20:09:24 GMT -5 bag13msu said:

Feb 9, 2016 20:04:39 GMT -5 vanillacourage said:

What was the reason for the long delay in the first place?

It was a college recruiting. He is getting his masters in  network security.  So I guess their recruiting  schedule and budgets.

In this case, I would just wait it out.  He likely can't start early so what would be the reason to bring it up?  If the recruiter asks he should certainly say he us no longer employed but I don't see a reason to bring it up

[sfy]

Feb 9, 2016 20:01:28 GMT -5 bag13msu said:

Feb 9, 2016 18:23:41 GMT -5 sfy said:

Do you know whether they have already verified his employment? If so, it might not be worth keeping quiet and hoping it doesn't come up, but if not, I would want to get ahead of it and present the info voluntarily to the recruiter, especially if she is external. My guess is that they don't want/can't allow him to start earlier. Given the gap between the offer date and start date, there are probably budgetary reasons for the delay.

No, they have not verified.So  you  would let them know?

Is the recruiter internal or external? It does matter, in my opinion. I'm actually very torn about this, but the more I think about it, the more I think I would not say anything. Ultimately, if the offer is rescinded because he was fired, that is going to be the case whether he admits it or not. They may be pissed that he said nothing, but he can always play dumb and say he didn't think it would be a factor. I don't think they would rescind strictly for him failing to notify. I see why you brought this here. It is tricky, but I guess I lean more to keeping quiet, but obviously, if asked about it in any way, he needs to be truthful.

[imojoebunny]

Is the job a network security job, and he was fired from his school supporting moonlight at Chili's or was he going to school at night and working for a company to do with his major? Being fired from some part time gig that you do to get through school is not a big deal (people get fired all the time because they skip shifts for exams), being fired from a job to do with your major and experience is.

[trident0]

Feb 9, 2016 20:09:24 GMT -5 bag13msu said:

Feb 9, 2016 20:04:39 GMT -5 vanillacourage said:

What was the reason for the long delay in the first place?

It was a college recruiting. He is getting his masters in  network security.  So I guess their recruiting  schedule and budgets.

Is he currently working in network security?  If not I wouldn't worry about it.  If he is working in network security I think I'd state it if they asked but otherwise not bring it up.  They might ask in the context of setting his start date as to when exactly he can come on over. 

Also, did he potentially have ratings from the old company that he could point to to say he was good?  What reason did they give for firing him?  Honestly if I was a hiring manager it might give me pause but I might not flip the deal for it if I liked the candidate.

[bag13msu]

Feb 9, 2016 22:21:26 GMT -5 imojoebunny said:

Is the job a network security job, and he was fired from his school supporting moonlight at Chili's or was he going to school at night and working for a company to do with his major? Being fired from some part time gig that you do to get through school is not a big deal (people get fired all the time because they skip shifts for exams), being fired from a job to do with your major and experience is.

No. this was a full time IT audit  job.

[bag13msu]

Feb 9, 2016 22:40:18 GMT -5 trident0 said:

Feb 9, 2016 20:09:24 GMT -5 bag13msu said:

It was a college recruiting. He is getting his masters in  network security.  So I guess their recruiting  schedule and budgets.

Is he currently working in network security?  If not I wouldn't worry about it.  If he is working in network security I think I'd state it if they asked but otherwise not bring it up.  They might ask in the context of setting his start date as to when exactly he can come on over. 

Also, did he potentially have ratings from the old company that he could point to to say he was good?  What reason did they give for firing him?  Honestly if I was a hiring manager it might give me pause but I might not flip the deal for it if I liked the candidate.

No, he was working in IT audit.   they said it was performance but another auditor knew he had a job.