This is my second time ever hearing about employment background checks and I'm so sad to hear about them. Is this just in certain sectors in America or what
Nearly all job applications here in Burgerland have an agreement at the end where by signing it, you give them permission to verify all declared dates, places, and sometimes job titles and salaries of past employment, in addition to the usual criminal and occasionally credit checks. You can usually tell it's being done because you get semi-interactive email updates on its progress and sometimes a pause and request for more info.
So how does some random employer even get info like this to begin with? From shit like LexisNexis, The Work Number, and various other harvesters who maintain lifetime databases on workers, fed in part or in whole by networks of affiliated employers who submit employee histories to them. They are the snitch services who cater these background checks to employers.
FYI to all reading. You can call The Work Number and LexisNexis and tell them to "freeze" your infomation
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This is extremely common place in the US. It has been a requirement for every job I've had since I stopped working for fast food places.
I've had a whole bunch of jobs in the last 20 years and i can say I've never encountered it in Canada
i find it easier just to divulge as little independently verifiable information as possible while seeming candid and personable; that way anything further you add to the background check looks good for you.
likeability is the most important quality ime for getting work and everything else usually just checking a box.
Well I guess I’m fucked
i'm on the spectrum and normies REALLY don't like neuro-atypicals; we're both fucked, but i've learned this lesson the hard way and it's made things slightly less fucked for me since then.
For real, I thought "being blunt" was just a personality trait. Turns out that comes from Autism! Yaaaay
You know why people call me Dr. Happybadger? Because I worked hard, dedicated myself, and lie about being a doctor.
remember; if you don't have the credentials you're not gonna get the job
if you lie about having the credentials, you might get the job
