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Hi Jessica

I’m career changing so I have about 15 years worth of work and travel experience on my applications. I’ve read some horror stories about firms not being able to reference/verify information submitted and pulling their offers as a result. I have the below concerns:

1)Will firms look to verify travel/voluntary work I did 10, 12, 15 years ago or is it only the last 5 years they will be concerned with? I think I will have trouble verifying activities further back and anyone they might contact regarding this is unlikely to remember. 

2)I have put down other things on my applications that demonstrate certain skills, such as returns on stock options trading. Will they look to verify these details? If so I will try and restrict myself to things I can actually substantiate. 

3)When firms conduct previous employment checks do they cover basic information such as dates and job title or do they really drill down? I have a lot of experience where I have stepped up and done work normally undertaken by colleagues in more senior positions. The only people who could verify this would be my line managers at the time and I know most of them have moved on.  If I say I have done x,y,z pieces of work and my employers can’t verify this the firms might think I’m exaggerating my experience/lying and take a dim view. 

Thanks in advance

Giovanni