Greater Scutiny for Employees: Pre-Employment Screening
The Wall Street Journal has a new article about the increase in background checks by employers of prospective new job candidates:Last year, 80% of employers did criminal-background checks on potential hires, up from 51% in 1996, according to the Society for Human Resource Management, and 35% did credit checks, up from 19% in 1996. In addition, 79% checked previous work history.
The article goes on to discuss what to do if you are up for a new job. The basic idea is to own up to what you have done before they discover it with a background check.
If you have a more serious black spot, say a conviction for marijuana possession, own up to it, but be able to show that you've made amends by getting counseling or doing related volunteer work (maybe educating teens about drugs).
Labels: background checks
posted by Nicholas Gustavson @ 5:46 PM
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