Background question?

[crj2004]

I am in the background stage of a Federal Law Enforcement
agency. During the investigation, it was determined
that one of my old employers gave me an unsatisfactory
evaluation. This was about 5 years ago in 1999 and I quit
the employer since it was part-time.

Having learned about this recently, I was shocked because the
employer never informed me that I received an unsatisfactory
evaluation.

I was just wondering from others, what effect this will
now have on my career? I was sent a packet to provide my
side of the story.

[mcsap]

Tell me one person who doesn't have SOMEONE who doesn't like them.

Any BI will look at this and want to determine WHY you were given a bad reference. Simply if you didn't get along with other workers, took too long on lunch breaks or were late 4 times in a month are not reasons to be concerned. If he accuses you of stealing or something along those lines than they might be a little more concerned.

You know what you did or didn't do. If you didn't do "anything", don't worry about it. Answer the BI's questions honestly and remember, there are a lot of people who at some point got fired or otherwise got a bad reference for what actually amounted to a personal conflict rather than a truly important matter.

[crj2004]

Thanks, MCSaP,

I agree with yuur statement. In fact, I believe that this supervisor
who was recently promoted at the time, used me as an example.
I received one written reprimand from him and feel that this
reprimand caused me an unfair evaluation. Nothing unethical
or illegal was the cause of this situation.

I have made arrangements to look at my files to get a
better understanding.