Employers Now Requiring Credit Checks
A growing trend among companies these days is to require a credit check as part of
the application and resume review process.
This is a practice that has been used by
some companies in the past when they were looking...
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Employers Now Requiring Credit Checks
A growing trend among companies these days is to require a credit check as part of
the application and resume review process.
This is a practice that has been used by
some companies in the past when they were looking to fill high profile or high
security clearance positions.
It is now common practice to perform a credit check
along with the criminal background check.
The employers are doing this for a few
different reasons.
First, they want to look at your overall credit history.
On time
payments and satisfaction of financial obligations shows the applicant is responsible
and follows through with his or her obligations.
If the position involves cash
handling they will be looking for someone with no past due debt, as the likelihood of
theft will be lower.
Companies are doing everything they can to minimize loss, and
something as simple as a credit check on a potential employee can help them avoid
problems down the road.
If you do have some b
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