Pre-employment background check question please!!

[aoobennett]

Hi everyone....I have some questions about the pre-employment background check and hope some of you may be able to help. I am an out of State graduate nurse who just relocated to Texas due to husband's new job assignment. Last week I had a job interview at a local hospital here in Texas which seemed to go pretty well. After the interview, the unit manager stated that HR department will conduct the background check on me first and if everything is OK I will then be scheduled for an orientation. (So..I assume that that was an unofficial job offer...wasn't it?)

Anyway, the manager didn't have me sign any consent form for the background check at all. The only thing that happened was the HR lady called me couple days later requiring my SSN# and DOB in order for her to run the background check.

My questions are; 1) Is it common here in Texas for the potential employer to run my background check without requiring me to sing any consent? 2). And how long does it generally take for the employer to get the result on my background check? I have been waiting for 3 days now and am very anxious about it.

Thank you so much in advance for any help

[Nurse SMS, MSN, RN]

If memory serves there was a blurb about background check in the big packet of application paperwork that I signed. I never heard anything about it again because, frankly, there is nothing in my background to be worried about. I suspect no news is good news with this sort of thing.

I also have known some places do not do the background check until after a job has been offered and accepted due to the cost of running it. They have to pay for each one they do.

[aoobennett]

Thanks for your reply, RN2BDFW. So, I guess I shouldn't be worried too much, should I since I don't really have anything bad on my record...never been arrested or anything along that line.

Hopefully, I hear something back from them next week. Keep my fingers crossed!!!!!

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

When you filled out your employment application (either in person or online), your signature (either ink or electronic) indicated your agreement to consent to a background check. It is almost always in the very fine print. Good luck to you!