In short I was in a role in 2011 for 1 year. It was a basic admin role that I’ve done in all my previous jobs so it didn’t really add anything to my CV but having it on there did make my CV look quite bitty so for years now I’ve taken it out and never had a problem.
I left that company in 2012 and worked for another company until 2014 when I was made redundant, I then got another job straight away which was a 2 year FTC that ended in 2016 when I then went self- employed and have been ever since.
I’m now looking at getting back into employed work though and am applying for a job and they want my current, plus last 3 employers. Obviously current is me as I’ve been self employed for 4 years. Previous is the 2014-2016 company, previous to that the 2012-2014 company and then previous to that would be this company that I’ve taken off my CV. I was with a company before that when I graduated from 2009-2011 and have basically just extended my time with them from 2009-2012, so added on a year. I’m worried now though that they’ll ask for references from that company who would obviously only confirm I was there from 2009-2011. But then my husband doesn’t think they’ll go back to 2009 and ask for references, that they’ll probably just ask my last 2 companies for references?
Do you think they’ll take the last 4 years working for myself (I could provide references from long standing customers) and my 2 previous jobs? Or would they delve about wanting to go back to 2009?