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From what I understand, Hireright checks with available public databases, that could include government databases. Criminal, education, employment, credit (and others) databases are checked against the information the candidate provides in their resume and job applications.
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Originally Posted by gdome912
How does Hireright verify employment history? Do they cross-check with any other government documents?
If this job opportunity is lost I'm going to be really pissed. I've worked hard to keep clean record, and have proven in the past that I'm trustworthy to US government vendors. Do NOT use these jokers!
I would toss the whole situation back to the employer in HR, telling them of the problems you are having. They've hired this company to do the work and if they aren't doing it properly, they need to know. Don't just sit there and wait for it not to work out and be upset. Tell HR now.
Currently suffering through a HireRight background screening myself. First I get an email stating that one of my past managers has been unresponsive to outreach and for me to provide additional contact information for them. Also that I cannot change who I've listed as a reference at this point. I nicely prodded my former manager and she obliged but that's a terrible way to deal with professional references, IMHO.
Next, they claim they find a "discrepancy" with a former employer because Company A was acquired by Company B and I only listed Company B in my resume. I've worked for several companies throughout my professional career that were acquired and many of these companies who were acquired no longer exist so I simply listing the acquiring company in my resume. That, to me, is in no way hiding anything or being untruthful. Guess maybe going forward I need to list "Company B (formerly Company A" on my resume??? Anyone else run into this?
I ran into a similar situation with HireRight. I worked for Company B, which was acquired by Company A.
I listed Company B on my HireRight forms, as I was not aware of the acquisition by Company A, as the acquisition was several years after I left Company B.
When the background check came back, HireRight could not find a record of Company B in it’s searches and notified the HR department of the hiring company. I received a call and email from HR requesting me to contact them.
I called HR and explained the situation to them, and they pretty much informed me that this situation occurs quite frequently and that it’s a “non issue.”
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Originally Posted by Florida2014
Currently suffering through a HireRight background screening myself. First I get an email stating that one of my past managers has been unresponsive to outreach and for me to provide additional contact information for them. Also that I cannot change who I've listed as a reference at this point. I nicely prodded my former manager and she obliged but that's a terrible way to deal with professional references, IMHO.
Next, they claim they find a "discrepancy" with a former employer because Company A was acquired by Company B and I only listed Company B in my resume. I've worked for several companies throughout my professional career that were acquired and many of these companies who were acquired no longer exist so I simply listing the acquiring company in my resume. That, to me, is in no way hiding anything or being untruthful. Guess maybe going forward I need to list "Company B (formerly Company A" on my resume??? Anyone else run into this?
I ran into a similar situation with HireRight. I worked for Company B, which was acquired by Company A.
I listed Company B on my HireRight forms, as I was not aware of the acquisition by Company A, as the acquisition was several years after I left Company B.
When the background check came back, HireRight could not find a record of Company B in it’s searches and notified the HR department of the hiring company. I received a call and email from HR requesting me to contact them.
I called HR and explained the situation to them, and they pretty much informed me that this situation occurs quite frequently and that it’s a “non issue.”
That's what I considered it too....a non-issue I pushed back to the potential employer asking for verification that this was all settled and 2 days have gone by with no word. Just creating unnecessary anxiety for something that does not matter as this is a position I really fought hard for and really want to secure.
If they ask for more information, you can always provide “hard evidence” that an acquisition occurred (news article, web link, etc.) I don’t see how they could refute hard facts.
In my case, the hiring company was really eager on hiring me for the open position, so they were pretty accepting of my explanation about the acquisition. They didn’t give me a hard time about it after I provided the explanation.
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Originally Posted by Florida2014
That's what I considered it too....a non-issue I pushed back to the potential employer asking for verification that this was all settled and 2 days have gone by with no word. Just creating unnecessary anxiety for something that does not matter as this is a position I really fought hard for and really want to secure.
If they ask for more information, you can always provide “hard evidence” that an acquisition occurred (news article, web link, etc.) I don’t see how they could refute hard facts.
In my case, the hiring company was really eager on hiring me for the open position, so they were pretty accepting of my explanation about the acquisition. They didn’t give me a hard time about it after I provided the explanation.
Good to know and I'm hoping today this is settled once and for all. Clearly wasn't hiding anything as one of the references I gave was for the employer that had been acquired so it's not like I was trying to show I never worked there.
I'm in the UK and have also been told I would be screened by HireRight.
I have a formal job offer that's conditional to those checks.
I've told the hiring company that I'd rather wait for the checks to be cleared before I resign from my current position, but they replied this may take 8-10 weeks!
It doesn't really feel safe to resign before the offer becomes unconditional though...
As a result I definitely don't want HireRight to contact my current employer...
How long does it typically take in reality (10 weeks seems incredibly long - the check would still be going on when I'm already in the job)?
Thank you!
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