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Do You Know What Your Background Check Would Reveal?

Background Checks: DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR BACKGROUND CHECK WOULD REVEAL? Why you should know what's in your background check Top five reasons employment denied because of background check results State criminal The subject is the victim of criminal The person's name records report an appears as an alias in court records even arrest but not the identity theft. 125563 case disposition. when a mistake has been corrected. A A criminal conviction is reported even though a period of probation or deferred adjudication was served with the understanding Convictions that were expunged or believed sealed appear on background checks. that a conviction would not result. Examples reported by the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse False information reported A 49-year old engineer was fired from his job because a background check report said there was an outstanding warrant for his arrest. He noticed a back- ground checking company had confused him with a much younger man with a similar name but of a different race. The background checking company refused to change its report; the court refused to change the file because the record did not belong to the engineer; and the employer refused to take him back because it sensed trouble. Delayed access to report A man was fired after a short time with only the vague explanation that there was something "wrong" with his background check. Not having seen the report, he could only guess that the "problem" may have been from a minor offense for which he was offered and completed a period of probation with the understanding that a recorded conviction would not result. When advised of his rights by PRC staff to see his report, this individual received a copy of the report from the employer and was rehired. Ho Identity theft victim Karen first learned she was a victim of criminal identity theft when she couldn't get a job or rent an apartment. She has been unable to resolve the matter and regain her good name, even after visiting several police departments in jurisdic- tions where her imposter was arrested. Impersonation by a family member. Tina was the subject of a background check conducted for a job she applied for at a southern university. The report included nine pages detailing criminal activity. She believes her sister stole her identity and used it when arrested. She has been frus- trated in her efforts to resolve the problem because she has been unable to get the cooperation of either the AG's office or law enforcement to help her clean up the erroneous record. Reasons Employers order Background Checks on Employees Job 53% Workplace Violence 18% Applications Job applications contain inaccurate info and 10% of all background checks reveal a serious implication. Workplace violence accounts for 18% of all serious crimes (Bureau of Justice (Society of Human Resource Professionals) Statistics) 16% Resumes 16% of executive resumes contain false academic claims (Business Week) 30% Cost of a bad hire 30% Business Failures 30% of business Costs of a bad hire are failures are caused by employee theft. (American Management about 30% of the first year's potential salary (US Department of Labor) Association) So, have you checked CONFIDENTIAL your own background? 70% of employers do R. Thumb R. Middle R. Ring Check your background now L. Little L Ring L Middie L Index ovationtechnologies.com Background Checks: DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR BACKGROUND CHECK WOULD REVEAL? Why you should know what's in your background check Top five reasons employment denied because of background check results State criminal The subject is the victim of criminal The person's name records report an appears as an alias in court records even arrest but not the identity theft. 125563 case disposition. when a mistake has been corrected. A A criminal conviction is reported even though a period of probation or deferred adjudication was served with the understanding Convictions that were expunged or believed sealed appear on background checks. that a conviction would not result. Examples reported by the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse False information reported A 49-year old engineer was fired from his job because a background check report said there was an outstanding warrant for his arrest. He noticed a back- ground checking company had confused him with a much younger man with a similar name but of a different race. The background checking company refused to change its report; the court refused to change the file because the record did not belong to the engineer; and the employer refused to take him back because it sensed trouble. Delayed access to report A man was fired after a short time with only the vague explanation that there was something "wrong" with his background check. Not having seen the report, he could only guess that the "problem" may have been from a minor offense for which he was offered and completed a period of probation with the understanding that a recorded conviction would not result. When advised of his rights by PRC staff to see his report, this individual received a copy of the report from the employer and was rehired. Ho Identity theft victim Karen first learned she was a victim of criminal identity theft when she couldn't get a job or rent an apartment. She has been unable to resolve the matter and regain her good name, even after visiting several police departments in jurisdic- tions where her imposter was arrested. Impersonation by a family member. Tina was the subject of a background check conducted for a job she applied for at a southern university. The report included nine pages detailing criminal activity. She believes her sister stole her identity and used it when arrested. She has been frus- trated in her efforts to resolve the problem because she has been unable to get the cooperation of either the AG's office or law enforcement to help her clean up the erroneous record. Reasons Employers order Background Checks on Employees Job 53% Workplace Violence 18% Applications Job applications contain inaccurate info and 10% of all background checks reveal a serious implication. Workplace violence accounts for 18% of all serious crimes (Bureau of Justice (Society of Human Resource Professionals) Statistics) 16% Resumes 16% of executive resumes contain false academic claims (Business Week) 30% Cost of a bad hire 30% Business Failures 30% of business Costs of a bad hire are failures are caused by employee theft. (American Management about 30% of the first year's potential salary (US Department of Labor) Association) So, have you checked CONFIDENTIAL your own background? 70% of employers do R. Thumb R. Middle R. Ring Check your background now L. Little L Ring L Middie L Index ovationtechnologies.com

Do You Know What Your Background Check Would Reveal?

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Approximately 70% of employers are ordering background checks on new hires. In addition, background checks are routinely ordered on volunteers to almost any type of organization. The National Consumer...

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