Employer background check

[thatguyuknow 147]

Well last week I was offered a job with a government department in PA. 

Turns out my 4+ years in my last position is not considered enough and they want 10 years employment history. 

 

They have been in contact with my previous employer and my 4 years service has been confirmed. 

 

I worked in the UK for 2 different UK government departments in the last 10 years. Problem is I cannot get in touch with my employer from 4 years ago. I went as far as trying to contact old work colleagues via facebook to find out if they still work there to provide me a contact number/email for HR 

 

If anyone has worked for the UK government you know there is no face to the organisation, no 'reception' 

 

Absolutely gutted. I'll need to withdraw the application. 

[Going through 5,671]

Not so fast there, cowboy (sorry couldn't resist from seeing the profile pic)....

 

-try looking up the contact details for the HR department on Google?

-old P60 forms/UK tax filings would have contact mailing addresses for the company?  Might give you *something* to work with.

-if no way to get email/phone number, but you can figure out the mailing address... write/fax them and ask for a record of employment letter?

 

Just trying to think off the top of my head here....don't give up yet!!

 

Edited June 25, 2019 by Going through

[thatguyuknow 147]

4 minutes ago, Going through said:

Not so fast there, cowboy (sorry couldn't resist from seeing the profile pic)....

 

-try looking up the contact details for the HR department on Google?

-old P60 forms/UK tax filings would have contact mailing addresses for the company?  Might give you *something* to work with.

-if no way to get email/phone number, but you can figure out the mailing address...ask for a record of employment letter?

 

Just trying to think off the top of my head here....don't give up yet!!

 

 

I've googled my ### off and no contact details for the HR department. It's a big government department well one of the big 4, I dont want to disclose where I worked on a public forum. 

 

I even tried contacting the call centre 3 times (thought one of the 3 different people might tell me) related to the department and each time they couldn't tell me as they were unable to determine if it was a breach of security. Even spoke to a supervisor, no dice. 

 

Old p60? All of them were electronic, I never got them before I left. 

 

Now, HMRC might be a shout, I know I can request a Statement of Earnings from them. That would show my complete employment history with dates and pay. I'll need to call them.