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I am in United states. I worked unpaid for a small company A for 3 weeks at the beginning of my OPT visa period. I did voluntary unpaid work in company A. It is not exactly relevant to the skill set I am applying. Then I continued to work for company B.
Question: 1. Now that I applying for jobs, should I share both the companies on resume? I feel like removing company A. 2. What are the probabilities of background verification agencies to find about company A, if in case I hide about it?
Why don't you have some sections on your resume, like "occupational experience" where you state company B, and later on something like "other activities / voluntary work" where you state company A, giving the time frames of the activities you performed.
For someone doing an extensive background check this would seem as:
This way you won't mix irrelevant activities into your professional resume while keeping company A on your resume.
Companies don't have to know how much you were paid for a job. Focus on what you've done and what you learned while working for company A. It can be relevant if you worked within a team, learn to follow deadlines...
In my opinion, you should list all companies unless you have too much of them to fit on your resume (but be prepared on questions about unemployment).
OK, background checks are generally done on what you declare (in terms of your employment experience, academic history, etc.); and something you don't declare (intentionally or unintentionally, like your criminal record, if any, visa status etc.) if you exclude company A from your experience and only declare that your experience is for company B, then company A tenure in effect has no relevance to your current job searching. However, as Ckankonmange, mentioned, if there is a gap due to you not declaring your tenure with company A, then you have to explain the gap; a gap necessarily does not mean something bad, if at all anyone questions you for the gap (which I very much doubt since it is just 21 days), just tell them.
By not putting company A, you are not necessarily hiding it; you feel it is not relevant. However, companies have a last shot question if you have worked for or have any connection to a specific company or any of its competitors etc. etc., if company A falls in the category then mention it if you are asked that question.
I will not say, 'What happens if the BGC agency finds out', I would say 'so what if they find out', you don't feel the company A relevant to the current job searching and you have left it out and have claimed only that you have declared in the CV, in terms of experience and otherwise.
