beatboxer_d

thanks for all the replies guys, I appreciate it. I definitely wasn't going to lie, but I wanted to see what my chances were. And I agree, it was a slip-up right out of college and since then I've learned and am confident about proving my competence and abilities. Hoping to score some interviews in the near future. Thanks again! =D

hi everyone, i'm totally new here on the forum and would like to say hi =] I just recently finished my EMT program, passed the NREMT, and am currently waiting to be state certified here in CA. I'm looking for EMT jobs currently around my area for BLS to start gaining experience in the field, and right now I work at a restaurant to pay the bills, etc. I also graduated with a B.S. in Human Biology in 2009. Now the problem: I was terminated from my first job right out of college from a clinical research job in 2009 due to punctuality issues and have since learned from my mistakes to say the very least. I have a great attendance track record at work since I started more than a year ago, and I was always on time during my EMT program, and my EMT instructors I hope can vouch for my attendance/punctuality. Just about every job application (i.e. AMR) has asked if I was ever discharged from a job, and though I'd like to just say NO and hope they don't find out, I'm sure they would, so I'm probably saying YES, and trying to explain myself and how I've changed for the better. Do you think this really hurts my chances in finding work, especially in a pretty tough job market in my area (norcal)? I hate how something like this has to come back and haunt me, despite my best efforts to rebuild my punctuality track record. I'm trying to make myself very marketable in hopes that all that I do can overshadow this mishap back in 2009, possibly going into volunteering at a hospital, etc. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!