How would you report this?
How do you think I should list a previous job I held for almost two years that paid me wages under the table? I’m a legal US citizen, born and bread in the good ole USA baby! but I gotta feeling this is job info that can lead managers to question my integrity and character for holding onto a job with unreported income for so long. I wanna find a way to account for so I can avoid having a huge employment gap on my resume. Besides, I'm almost sure it's going to come up on the background check and present more problems for me if I get an interview. Any ideas?
You, basically, worked for yourself. But, you never filed your 1099 tax forms each year.
If everything you did was legal, according to company policy, and you left on good standards with the company, then you should have no problem. On your resume you can put your hourly wage, or salary. Just let your new or future employer know that when they are checking your references that your salary/ hourly wage with company x was kept confidential because of employee issues. Leave it at that. Remember there are laws that protect employees also.
That's a long time off the books. Be open about it during the interview so it won't come back to haunt you later after your hired.
There's a risk that that job may not come up on the background check since that employer wasn't reporting on your social security. Be honest and upfront about it and explain that was the only income option available to you at the time.
I don't think they will ask you for your W2's at an interview. As long as you have good references from that job you should be all set.
This is tough, because if you list unverifiable information on your resume it's technically falsifying a legal document. The only solution I could think of is to list it as volunteer experience, but that's technically still false. It's up to you how to handle it, but I would recommend leaving it off of your paid experience. I have had to rescind offers for this exact reason since I could not verify the employment.
This is a tricky one! If leaving out of your resume is going to create a huge gap. I would see if you can find the employer who had hired to help you.
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