How to Find Out My Job History
If you are creating or updating your resume, you will have to list your previous employers. If you are completing a job application, you may have to include substantial details of your previous jobs, such as specific dates worked. If you changed jobs regularly or have had a long career, it may be difficult to recall all of the employers you have worked for plus the exact dates worked. You can determine your job history a number of ways.
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Use the Social Security Administration's Form 7050-F4 to request a detailed summary of your earnings, which includes your employment history. You will have to pay a fee for the detailed report. The fee is based on the number of years of information you are requesting--a fee chart is included with the form.
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Check with your state workforce (Department of Labor) agency. Employers are required to report your wages and taxes paid to their local workforce agency on a quarterly basis. Visit the agency for a listing of all the employers who reported your income and taxes.
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Check your W-2s. All your employers should have given you a W-2 for each year you worked for them. If you are missing your W-2s, contact the IRS. The IRS can mail you a transcript of all W-2 information they have on file for you.
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Contact your previous employer. Your past employer may still have your personnel file, which includes your job application stating prior employers. If you know who your past employers are but only need your start and end dates, your previous employer may have this information on file.
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Run a background check on yourself. A background check will give you your job history. Generally, background check companies charge a fee. The time frame in which you receive the report varies by company; however, some companies deliver the results instantaneously.
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