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I've been living outside of the US for over a decade and I'm wondering how background/employment checks would be handled for someone in my situation, and if it would cause my application to hit the figurative circular bin before even interviewing. I have written references for my overseas employment, none of which was with a US company.
I've been living outside of the US for over a decade and I'm wondering how background/employment checks would be handled for someone in my situation, and if it would cause my application to hit the figurative circular bin before even interviewing. I have written references for my overseas employment, none of which was with a US company.
Any thoughts on this? Thanks in advance.
Are you a US citizen? Have you been paying your US income taxes?
A red flag is set when you are overseas. You must be here for the background/employment check. Fail, and you will be blacklisted in the overseas list that is sold to online brokers.
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Speaking only for myself as a hiring manager, you would have to be far and away the best qualified on paper to be considered for a job here if living overseas. We are far more likely to hire someone local over an out-of-state candidate, and out of country has even more risk that the person won't actually move here after the offer is accepted. Even when we do a phone interview with an overseas applicant we would not hire without a face-to-face interview, and we would not pay for your travel expenses unless for CEO or other executive position.
OK, I guess the way I phrased the question was confusing. I would be looking for a job in the US while physically being there, not overseas. What I am wondering is how the background check for the time I have spent overseas (more than a decade) would be handled, should the employer require one. In addition, I have written references for the jobs I have had overseas (they are mandated here).
Speaking only for myself as a hiring manager, you would have to be far and away the best qualified on paper to be considered for a job here if living overseas. We are far more likely to hire someone local over an out-of-state candidate, and out of country has even more risk that the person won't actually move here after the offer is accepted. Even when we do a phone interview with an overseas applicant we would not hire without a face-to-face interview, and we would not pay for your travel expenses unless for CEO or other executive position.
How many times have you extended an offer to someone overseas who accepted, but didn't move and take the job? None? I thought so.
I've been living outside of the US for over a decade and I'm wondering how background/employment checks would be handled for someone in my situation, and if it would cause my application to hit the figurative circular bin before even interviewing. I have written references for my overseas employment, none of which was with a US company.
Any thoughts on this? Thanks in advance.
Wouldn't make any difference to a modern company with good management, because they hire foreigners on H-1B visas. So there is already a mechanism in place do the background checks. In the US background checks now are done using a 3rd-party company which specializes in doing background checks on behalf of the employers. I'd think your background which would be less effort for them, because you had previously worked and lived in the US.
I wouldn't let any concern for this stop you. If you have the skills and find a job you'd like in the US, apply for it and see how it goes.
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