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Look at Your Pre-Employment Background Check Before Applying For a New Job

Many people find background checks offensive and consider them an invasion of privacy, since they feel that their privacy is invaded with little to no concern for the individual. The bottom line is that your right to privacy is severely limited and only specific records fall under the protected category. Many records are open to the public, and pre-employment background checks do not provide any more information than that which is available through a comprehensive public records search. Online background check services have made it much easier for information to be accessed, but pre-employment background checks do not provide employers with “private” information.

Pre-employment background checks may include credit score information and the information obtainable from a credit report, but applicants must grant their permission prior to an employer completing such a check. In fact, current and prospective employees must always provide permission before a company can purchase a background check. This requirement, like so many requirements, only applies to purchasing the information from an external source. If the business has its own dedicated employees who perform searches internally for the company, the onus is significantly reduced. The company has far fewer reporting requirements and the information can be used for anything they deem fit.

When a company purchases a pre-employment background check, they must inform potential employees if information on the report resulted in negative action. For instance, if the credit score shown was directly responsible for another person being hired over you, the company must inform you of that decision. Don’t be afraid to ask why you weren’t chosen, as it is important to find out if information on your pre-employment background check is affecting your ability to get hired, particularly if the information is incorrect. It can take months to get incorrect information removed from a pre-employment background check, so the sooner you start the process, the sooner you will have a pristine report.

Many employers may not want to admit that information on that report is what helped them make a final decision. After all, only certain specific information is supposed to be considered for employment consideration. Make sure you know what is on your report, to avoid unfortunate mistakes. Order a copy of your pre-employment background check before applying for a new position.