工作经历占简历的大部分是有原因的。在考虑空缺职位的候选人时，大多数雇主会寻找过去曾担任过类似工作的人。  专业的  经验提供了一些证据，证明一个人可以做一份工作并且做得很好。为了让招聘经理将简历上提供的信息存入股票， 一定程度的验证很重要。这就是工作经历背景调查的目的。

工作经历背景调查本质上是对候选人工作经历简历中的一个或多个条目的验证。在简历上讨论以前的工作时，申请人通常会提供诸如职位、工作日期、工作职责和成就等信息。工作历史验证检查将与过去的雇主核实这些详细信息。

前任老板或人力资源经理可以确认或否认候选人在其简历上提供的信息，包括工作日期、职位、工作职责和离职原因。换句话说，如果此人因之前的工作被解雇，则工作经历检查可以揭示该信息。

为什么工作经历背景调查很重要？简单的说， 很多求职者都有美化简历的坏习惯。他们认为，通过调整职位名称或扩大工作职责的真相，他们将能够在招聘过程中获得优势。如果候选人的简历中存在空白，更改就业日期可以帮助隐藏这些空白并避免对其提出尴尬的问题。

即使是简历上的小谎言也会歪曲事实，足以让招聘到合适的人变得困难。没有雇主愿意聘用一个简历过于夸张的人，后来才知道招聘的人比他说的要差很多。

每个雇主都想雇用他们可以信任的人。为了找工作而谎报工作经历的人将来可能会在其他事情上撒谎。加上以前的工作经验在招聘过程中的权重，雇主验证候选人提供的工作历史信息至关重要。

Professional  experience offers some evidence that a person can do a job and do it well. For hiring managers to put stock in the information provided on a resume, some level of verification is important. Such is the purpose of employment history background checks.

An employment history background check is essentially the verification of one or more entries on a candidate’s work history resume. When discussing previous jobs on a resume, an applicant will typically provide information such as job titles, employment dates, work responsibilities, and accomplishments. A work history verification check will verify these details with past employers.

A past boss or Human Resources Manager can confirm or deny the information provided by the candidate on his or her resume, including employment dates, job titles, job responsibilities, and reasons for leaving. If the person was fired from his previous job, in other words, an employment history check could reveal that information.

Why are employment history background checks important? Simply put, many job applicants have a bad habit of embellishing their resumes. They assume that by tweaking job titles or stretching the truth about job responsibilities, they will be able to obtain an advantage in the hiring process. If a candidate has gaps in her resume, changing employment dates can help hide those gaps and avoid awkward questions about them.

Even small resume fibs can distort the truth enough to make hiring the right person difficult. No employer wants to hire a person with an exaggerated resume, only to learn later that the hire is significantly less qualified than he said he was.

Every employer wants to hire people they can trust. Someone who lies about their work history to get a job may lie about other things in the future. Add the weight that previous work experience gets in the hiring process and it is pivotal for employers to verify the work history information their candidates provide.