<p>I worked at my school cafeteria during my freshman year in college and I did not take it seriously at the time. I was late numerous times and I was also caught signing in on time when I was actually late. I didn't mean any harm doing that, I just didn't think it was that a big of a deal since I was only a few minutes late. I really learned my lesson but now I'm worried that this might affect my chances of getting hired in the future. Does anyone have any information about this?</p>
<p>It only matters if a prospective employer contacts your manager for a reference. Normally you construct a resume without references stating that references will be provided upon request. Hopefully you will have additional jobs while in college so that you can use those for references should a prospective employer ever ask for them.</p>
<p>With research internships, you’re usually asked to provide letters of recommendation and these are usually written by your professors so it’s good to have good relationships with a few.</p>
<p>oh ok thank you</p>
<p>yes – try and get a few summer positions where you can use professor recommendations. </p>
<p>then you can use those summer positions as references
try and have 2 work references by the time you graduate… then you can use your academic advisor as the third if necessary</p>
<p>Former employers are not allowed to discuss the nature of your separation from a job. If it’s positive they say what they want. If it’s negative they merely confirm that you worked there. That’s the law. Most managers don’t care enough to try to hurt your chances at a future job. </p>
<p>If you were that bad don’t bother to list the job in your resume. You can mention it in an interview and only discuss the positive parts of the job. Or don’t bring it up at all. In adult world your record really is your record. No one else knows what you did and most don’t care to research it.</p>
<p>If it’s for a security sensitive job or something in law or in finance you may have to report the work. In that case it better to tell the truth. They don’t care what happened they just care whether you tell the truth.</p>