Can employers find out why you were fired? What should you put

They can call your previous employer and ask why you were fired, so it's best not to lie about it.

Just explain things and make it seem like you were in the right.

If a previous employer has it in for you, they can make up any lie that they want.

On an application, I never put "laid off" as a reason for leaving. Technically, I was looking for work before the layoff, HR just beat me to the punch, so I use that reason. You do have to spin a little if you have a couple of those. If you keep saying "better opportunity" you look like a job hopper and some employers are very butthurt about that.

corporate policy is usually to never disclose information beyond verifying your time working there and your position
issue is if you leave a job on bad terms you can't really use references from there

Depends on the state and size of the company. Most large corporations will say "He worked from x until y" and that's it, because it's a potential lawsuit.

Smaller companies typically give them the real story, and depending on how stupid your former employer is, may lay it on thick.

>>1927090
>If a previous employer has it in for you, they can make up any lie that they want.
And open themselves up to claims for libel, slander, and tortious interference.

Which is why any employer with half a brain, a lawyer, or the ability to Google "how to handle reference requests for former employees" does exactly what >>1927095 said.

>>1927057
>>1927095
>>1927106
For a minwagiecuck job or some maybe midtier horseshit?

n o one gives a crap. You'll only get blacklisted in higher areas. For everything else literally lie, cheat, fabricate whatever. Your employer probably will never even check

From a burger joint? Fuck it, have a friend pasty the manager role, put his number down as manager. If anything, he resigned shortly after you left.

Jobs like that probably won't even bother to check. And have others have said, employers normally only disclose dates of employment for legal reasons. When employers would ask me to be a reference for someone who used to work for me, I had to forward all that information to HR. I couldn't say anything.

If a past employer badmouths you on a reference check, it could be a lawsuit.

>>1927148
Burger means I'm american. It was a shitty retail job, but I have better opportunities incoming thanks to some nepotism. I just don't wanna be fucked over. Thanks for replies. Was hoping some HR fucks or managers might be on here.

>>1927106
>And open themselves up to claims for libel, slander, and tortious interference.
Only if that law is enforced. OP did say he was American, AKA Corporatist Paradise.

>>1927095
This, OP.

You're fucking fine.

If they ask tell them specifically how you think X in your new job, which was not present in your previous job, is a better match for your skill Y and state that as the reason for leaving.