Uh Oh- background/criminal check!

The obvious would be the criminal and "banned" statements. They get a criminal check of the county and federal courts where you live. There is something from the federal government that states whether or not you have been banned from participating in certain federal programs (can't think of the particulars, but this is important; people usually get banned because they were committing some kind of fraud and got caught). The old credit check thingie, that would be according to the employer's standards. What gets most people most of the time is the reference checks. They call/write your references that you provide as well as your former employers/supervisors. All it takes is something said the wrong way and you are toast. Everyone says that no one can say anything besides the dates you worked; but if you do some research you will find that the employer can really get away with anything because it is how the questions are worded that lead to particular answers that will keep you from getting hired. And you can't control who answers the phone and who they say they are and what they say.

Some employers include credit checks as part of their background check. If so, they'll ask you to sign a form allowing them to check your credit record. Obviously, this would be the time to bring up your side of the story.

Then again depending on what provider they are using to assess you background nothing may come up some states dont report every arrest to FBI or other govt agencies but the credit always come up so find out whats in your credit history you can get a free report once a year dont know where just google it and you should come up with something lolol

at least one poster on here (AN) has declined to give permission for a credit check and said there was no consequence.....good luck

I am curious...who here has had to submit to a credit check? If you have what kind of facility/position were you going for?

I've had a credit check done three times when applying to home health agencies. It was part of the background check done by one of those big background check companies (Krohl). Nobody ever said anything about the results. I contemplated refusing to sign the release but didn't want to compromise my chance at a job.

I have had to submit to a credit check twice !!!!! My credit score was 725 which is not that bad !!

As an Australian I can't believe you guys have credit checks in relation to your workplace - I mean, we have criminal history checks for health care jobs and that's fair enough, but credit checks? I honestly can't understand what your credit history has to do with your ability to do your job nor that it's any of their business ...