What comes up in background check for employment?

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Originally Posted by YAZ

And for folks that like to live the rock 'n' roll lifestyle......

Just because you passed the pre-employment drug screen doesn't mean you're free to party.

We do random testing annually.

The only difference with the drug testing is that for pre-employment, we do the hair test.

For post-injury, suspicion or random tests, we do the urinalysis.

Wow what kind of job is this. I have never heard of a company that does random after hiring unless its for driving a truck or a forklift.

[YAZ]

Originally Posted by Colorado xxxxx

Wow what kind of job is this. I have never heard of a company that does random after hiring unless its for driving a truck or a forklift.

Governmnet contractor/commercial airlines products.

The Dept. of Defense requires it.

And they've been known to check records during audits.

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Originally Posted by YAZ

Governmnet contractor/commercial airlines products.

The Dept. of Defense requires it.

And they've been known to check records during audits.

Ok that makes sense. I thought you were going to tell it was a call center job or Direct TV. My buddy said they did that at Direct maybe it was Dish seemed ridiculous.

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Originally Posted by parried

I feel bad for people who have felonies. Is it hateful to say that even if you have the slightest misdemeanor your working life is pretty much over? Even one arrest can screw things up for you. Then you kind of wonder why people are even let out of jail because the record you get will follow you everywhere you go. For these people it's like they are still in prison just with no walls. Now you are legally required to disclose your status. In a time where millions of people with clean records can't get a job, being a felon puts you in the back of the line. It's very sad and it shows you how screwed up our justice/prison system is here in america.

If companies use legitimate background check companies that are FCRA (Fair Credit Reporting Act) compliant to run their background checks, then they will only show the last 7-10 years (depending on the laws of your state) of criminal convictions (not arrests, deferred adjudications, etc). Unfortunately there are still other ways to obtain information that goes beyond that window, but the FCRA was established to help people get over their past criminal and credit history mistakes.