Thanks to declining one offer for Centene I am now literally facing the real possibility of losing everything.
I can't land a job to save my life. And the only thing I did wrong was accepted a job with them only to be laid off a short time later.
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It's silly advice to tell people to either leave or remove a previous employer from their resume without knowing what the type of position or companies they are applying for.
- Large employers will check your background. Sure, the background check is to protect the company, but it's also another check gate for them to filter candidates out. Saying a company that does a background check isn't worth working for is straight up dangerous advice.
- That being said, with requests for resume lengths to be only 2 or even 1 pagers, it's acceptable to exclude past employment that is over 10 years old. Of course, if a previous job is relevant to a job you're applying for, better to leave that in.
- As for Centene being a negative, that's "not seeing the forest from the trees". If you think Centene is the one and only negative healthcare insurance company, you haven't worked at other insurance companies.
The resume is what initially moves a candidate forward (or not). You're trying to let the potential employer know what you've done in the past - whether it's responsibilities at a previous employer or skills you have or developed - that will be an asset to them. They want to know what and how much you've improved x metric (or reduced costs, etc.) at a previous employer. They're paying you an amount of money to improve their bottom line. If you can't show what you can do to help that cause, you're not getting hired.
I think that if you were there under a year, it would be no harm, no foul removing it from your resume and anywhere else you have that posted. Make sure everything is scrubbed. All companies of a decent size do background / employment verification now, normally through an outside company that specializes in those checks. That is standard. If you don't have it on there, you'll need to explain an employment gap (yep, even a few months). If you are about to lose everything, take a job you normally wouldn't to bring in some $$. I cleaned hotel rooms many years ago when I needed money to live on. Just remember, it's only temporary.
Take Centene off of the resume if you want to land another job.
Companies who are conducting background checks that include verifying your employment are NOT companies you want to work for anyway. If it comes up in an interview, You did some exploratory consulting work at Centene but nothing came of it.
Corporations always lie about the actual position your are interviewing for and trying to low ball you on salary so there's no reason you need to be an angle on your resume.
Don't take Centene off as recommended below unless you're an hourly employee. Tthat might be the only way that would work. Companies are conducting background checks that include verifying your employment through an independent system. You might lose an opportunity for not being honest.
Something WILL happen for you.
Take Centene OFF of you resume and LinkedIn. Do not use anyone from Centene as a reference and forget you ever worked there. You will land another job quickly. I know this from experience.
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