I know I'm going to get jumped on for this...

Bonanzaman

Bonanzaman

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but I have a question about filling out an app that requests address history for the past 10 years. Until last year when I bought my first house I used my dad's address as my permanent address. In that time I lived in several different apartments and one rent house. The app is asking for addresses and dates and I have no clear idea when I lived in the various apartments. Do I just put down the address I used as my permanent address for all of those years or do I need to start doing some serious digging?

My credit report only shows my dad's, my current residence, and the rent house. I also did a search on whitepages.com and it shows 3 addresses, but I will have to pay for a membership to see any of the details.
 
I've only ever put my permanent address that was on my driver's license and pilot certificate. Never been questions or had an issue with everything from crap cargo company to major airline.
 
Use your permanent addresses only. Apartments with your name on the lease, or your house growing up (I'm 27; I have 5 past addresses). Never caught any flak.

The only thing I skated around was college; since I worked student jobs at both colleges, I would use them as employer addresses (instead of residences). HTH.
 
Bonanzaman said:
but I have a question about filling out an app that requests address history for the past 10 years. Until last year when I bought my first house I used my dad's address as my permanent address. In that time I lived in several different apartments and one rent house. The app is asking for addresses and dates and I have no clear idea when I lived in the various apartments. Do I just put down the address I used as my permanent address for all of those years or do I need to start doing some serious digging?

My credit report only shows my dad's, my current residence, and the rent house. I also did a search on whitepages.com and it shows 3 addresses, but I will have to pay for a membership to see any of the details.
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Yeah, unless its a app for a security clearance don't worry about the others. If its a commercial organization just put down what is on your credit report.
 
I wasn't aware that permanent addresses were all that was required, so on my recent background check I listed several apartments I lived in during college. Some were pretty short-term.

I had no issues either, so it seems that no matter how you skin that cat, you'll probably be alright.
 
Make sure your address history is complete, no gaps (if you lived in a van down by the river, state it) and make sure it's consistent with your background check.

It's more to do with completeness and the post-9/11 world we live in.
 
The only correct answer in the thread is the one that says "put a complete address history from age 0 through today." It's a commercial organization, therefore if you don't follow directions they have no obligation to go further in the process with you.
 
What is the question from the application that you're trying to answer?

If it's asking for your permanent address, then put your Dad's down and skate on. If it's asking for residential addresses or places that you have lived for the past 10 years, then it's best to write them ALL down.

If you can't remember the EXACT address after much research, at least write the city, state and if asked, you can explain later. ANY discrepancy between what you write and what any idiot with Google can find, might be just the thing the company will need to move your application from the "interview stack" to the trash can. Or even worse, how would you feel if hired and, while sitting in training, the HR hatchet-man comes in to question your answers...?

Seriously, why would you want to start off a potential a career with something as simple as this? Putting only your Dad's address would be paramount to a lie.

EDIT: Corrected my 2nd grade spelling
 
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Ok that's the answer I originally expected but had hoped not to hear borne out of laziness. I'll get to work on it.

I'm not even sure that I'm going to send in this app but I figure if I'm going to keep all of my options open I need to get these ducks in a row sooner rather than later.
 
Actually as I start writing the years out its easier than I expected to remember where I lived each year but exact dates are still going to be tough.
 
Bonanzaman said:
Ok that's the answer I originally expected but had hoped not to hear borne out of laziness. I'll get to work on it.

I'm not even sure that I'm going to send in this app but I figure if I'm going to keep all of my options open I need to get these ducks in a row sooner rather than later.
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I certainly understand that! And the correct way is rarely the easiest!!

Bonanzaman said:
Actually as I start writing the years out its easier than I expected to remember where I lived each year but exact dates are still going to be tough.
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Month and year is all that you really need but you can narrow it down by year if you have to. The best thing to do now is to generate a computer copy (Excel, etc) so you'll have it in the future....this way you won't have to start over the next time.
 
dustoff17 said:
I certainly understand that! And the correct way is rarely the easiest!!


Month and year is all that you really need but you can narrow it down by year if you have to. The best thing to do now is to generate a computer copy (Excel, etc) so you'll have it in the future....this way you won't have to start over the next time.
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Well now I feel stupid because it took me MAYBE 10 minutes once I applied myself to figure out at least where I lived each year.
 
Yeah, do the work. Especially if your work history shows you in one place while you're "living" somewhere else.

Of all the things a keen interviewer could get you tap-dancing over, this one can be avoided...
 
Derg said:
"but does complete mean like....everything?"

If I had a dime...
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That's why I really didn't want to ask this question.

On the one hand it's a "DUH!" question, on the other I go by my middle name, and on every legal document I've ever signed where it says "Signature", I've signed my middle and last name. Not once have I signed my first name and I've never heard a word about it. Most documents until I bought my house that asked for an address had my permanent address put on it, not whatever apartment I was living in at the time.

So can you see where someone who's not familiar with a certain industry may wonder if said industry has different practices than say the government or every other company they've worked for?
 
Bonanzaman said:
That's why I really didn't want to ask this question.

On the one hand it's a "DUH!" question, on the other I go by my middle name, and on every legal document I've ever signed where it says "Signature", I've signed my middle and last name. Not once have I signed my first name and I've never heard a word about it. Most documents until I bought my house that asked for an address had my permanent address put on it, not whatever apartment I was living in at the time.

So can you see where someone who's not familiar with a certain industry may wonder if said industry has different practices than say the government or every other company they've worked for?
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Just sign it Napoleon, GOSH make yourself a dang quesadilla! :)

Seriously. If you saw the way I sign things, you have no idea what it said.
 
Derg said:
(if you lived in a van down by the river, state it)
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So exactly how would you fill out that little time period in your life? Address as your license plate number? Give a few square mile box as the street or zip code? What would an interviewer think with a Coleman tent as a front door? Vagabond? Hippy? Bum? Tier 1 candidate?

I think after considering all the colorful personalities I've come across over the years in aviation that these questions are actually pretty serious ones.
 
Put down EVERYTHING. I keep detailed history of past residences, and jobs for this very reason. As time goes by, dates and addresses start to blend together it's good to keep a written record.
 
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