Why do many employers require background checks these days?
439880
Background checks are a necessity to protect the company and the customers. \n\nI believe older applicants are less likely to be hired because the employer sees someone that is more likely to be absent from work due to illness rather than looking at them as someone with loads of experience and maturity. There are also those employers that like to train employees to their way of thinking, and that is easier done with a 20 something than someone that has been around and is more set on doing things their own way. \n\nI am not saying this type of generalization is right, but these are the reasons I have seen used to justify hiring someone younger... that might happen to be pretty and stupid or just pretty stupid!
743011
It depenends on the employer you are applying for. But I think, being you are going to graduate soon this means you are going to join an entry level position were refrences and credit checks are not usually important. \nHowever, when climbing the corporate ladder then this issue becomes critical and you should look for any nigatives in your credit history.
454752
Usually when a background check is done, it is done to protect the airline, it's employees and it's passengers against any possible criminal or terroristic behavior. What is revealed is everything in your life from conception to today, your family, friends, neighbors, associates,  education, and any other relevant information that the airline deems as asuch.
844619
It is REALLY unlikely that an employer is going to check your credit history.  Even if they claim they have that right, or you give them that right when you fill out the application.\n\nThere are plenty of other ways to get screwed when trying to find a job, this one should probably be at the bottom of your list of things to worry about.\n\nGood luck.
334258
Because if you are not fit to do the labor that is required, than you won't be much of an asset to the company.\nAlso now they like to do drug tests, because drugs cause a lot of injuries and mistakes in the workplace, and the company might get sued over it....
860362
http://www.free-background-checks.ws/\n\nthey'll give you a free basic background check
198934
u have to pay to get that information but employers get it through a nationwide search. some just go by what u tell them. employers pay a fee when they do criminal record checks worldwide. but if u want to pay for that info. all u have to do is go to website that tell u about a background check. when i did it i had to pay 49.00 dollars and that was one thing that came up employment background
1029443
You might be ok. Some employment background checks only go back ten years
276100
Are you talking about on tax forms or what?? Tax id numbers are required for employers. This enables them to pay quarterly taxes which they take out of your pay checks.
911638
That would show on a $50 background check.  Some businesses do them, some don't.  If they don't you might get away with it, but it would be out there.  \n\nIf they ever decided they didn't want you, they could back check things and have an immediate reason to fire you with cause.  I have seen that happen twice.
283503
Most online background checks aren't worth the poop they were stamped in. One of my favorite sites to search for people is http://www.zabasearch.com
884245
We ll if you want a job they have to  check your background because that s the law i give u a example let say you going for  a security if they don t check your background you could be a criminal and you could use that gun to shoot someone or assult someone that s why it s very important they have to do a background if you fill out a apprecation you say say no for background you most likely won t get a job. Just like the bar when a man murder the girl and dumb her on seaview av near the belt parkway he was on parole and the bar owner didn t check his background the police find out by matching his dna on the gloves sheets and using her cellphones the cellphone was on and they trace her number to him and he got arrested? you see why it s so important they have to do background checks?
707433
No do not tell them that those are like the parking tickets of crime. Those aren't reported the same way I used to work in the court just leave it out. Plus it can cost up to $200.00 bucks to background check someone not every company is going to want to spend that kind of money for every applicant. Unless its a corporate job. But to the point petty offenses don't show up.
403158
Because they're cheap b*stards.\n1. They pay someone else to do the recruiting (saves them $).\n2. They pay someone else to do the background checks (again, saves the corporate pirates more $).\n3. They pay a lower wage (money, money, money!)\n4. They don't have to pay benefits, usually (monnnnneeeeyyy!!)
1225
I stopped putting those little jobs on mine, and I don't think anyone cares.  (Having a lot there can make the resume hard to read, and bury the important work you've done.)\n\nMostly, employers are concerned with experience that actually relates to the job for which you're submitting the resume.\n\nUsually, if an employer wants a _complete_ job history (for government jobs, background checks, etc), they'll give you a separate form with plenty of legal language concerning the honesty of your answers.\n\nJust make sure you're completely honest about your work history when it comes time to sign forms.
117113
It's not that jobs require background checks, it's just that they will do them for there own protection. I am a convicted felon and am still trying to work through it, we have all made mistakes, some bigger then others.\n\nHere is what you can do, do not fill out applications, bypass the application process (assuming that you will have to check yes in the box at the bottom, you know what I mean)by sending in resumes instead. When you get a call back from the resume you sent in setup an interview. In the interview process the will have you sign a consent of background check, at this time say "there is something you have a right to know, x months/years ago I was convicted of x at the time I was x, since then I have learned from my mistakes etc...."\n\nDepending on when you were released and your family status, you may be eligible for a few programs state and federally funded, go to your local unemployment office and inform them that you have x conviction and you need help getting a job, hopefully they will redirect you to a program that assists reformed offenders to get a job.
610833
It's for tax identification purposes for the IRS.  It can also be used with a drivers license to satisfy the I-9 form, which proves you can legally work in the United States.  Normally, on a criminal background check they use your Date of Birth and drivers license to identify you as the person with or without a record, not your social security number