Comments on: Background Checks: What Employers Will Discover http://www.glassdoor.com/blog/background-checks-employers-discover/ Glassdoor - An Inside Look at Jobs and Companies Sat, 25 May 2013 15:06:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Worx92http://www.glassdoor.com/blog/background-checks-employers-discover/comment-page-1/#comment-449311 Worx92 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 21:09:00 +0000 http://www.glassdoor.com/blog/?p=12193#comment-449311 There was a time when all an employer cared about was if you would show up to work and do the job. Your personal life was YOUR business. If you didn't pay the electric bill, that was YOUR problem. This whole thing has become too invasive. Your opinion on a blog is simply none of their business. It was a free country, remember?You never get to know if your boss is crazy, if there has been a revolving door and no one ever worked out. You don't get to know if your boss is a pathological liar, or a coworker continually bombs anyone new to make them look bad, and make HER look good.So you see, all of this is just controlling and invasive, to make you feel like you are under their thumb. There was a time when all an employer cared about was if you would show up to work and do the job. Your personal life was YOUR business. If you didn’t pay the electric bill, that was YOUR problem.
This whole thing has become too invasive. Your opinion on a blog is simply none of their business. It was a free country, remember?

You never get to know if your boss is crazy, if there has been a revolving door and no one ever worked out. You don’t get to know if your boss is a pathological liar, or a coworker continually bombs anyone new to make them look bad, and make HER look good.

So you see, all of this is just controlling and invasive, to make you feel like you are under their thumb.

]]> By: the truthhttp://www.glassdoor.com/blog/background-checks-employers-discover/comment-page-1/#comment-426998 the truth Sat, 01 Sep 2012 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.glassdoor.com/blog/?p=12193#comment-426998 I would love to you revealing you past record which had been expunged. You may not have to reveal you have that epast. It is just like it never happened. Check your state laws. God bless. I would love to you revealing you past record which had been expunged. You may not have to reveal you have that epast. It is just like it never happened. Check your state laws. God bless.

]]> By: Kim Delkhttp://www.glassdoor.com/blog/background-checks-employers-discover/comment-page-1/#comment-387304 Kim Delk Fri, 17 Aug 2012 14:12:00 +0000 http://www.glassdoor.com/blog/?p=12193#comment-387304 I have a criminal record, ten years ago I was caught with pills that were not in a bottle and nor did I have a prescription for. I pled guilty, took my punishment, and got help for my addiction. I am no longer that person, but that one mistake has caused me to lose more than one job opportunity. I also went through the process of having my record sealed by using the newly passed law available in Indiana. This may have been the worst thing to do because now my record shows that I have one record but you can’t see it, leaving some employers wondering whom I may have murdered. I know my record is no one’s fault but mine, and I own it, but the access we now have to these records make it almost impossible to move on. Any suggestions? I know you aren't supposed to lie, but lying has been the only way to be considered for a position. It's very sad when every American working in this country knows a person, is related to a person, or is that person, who has or had a drug problem. No one seems to care if you have turned your life around and took responsibility for the problem, because you always have a big scarlet letter for all to judge by, and to see the kind of person you could become for the rest of your life. One of the biggest reasons for relapse is the inability to find a good paying job that makes it possible to support you family and to be a contributor to society once again. Will we ever understand in this country how to support and treat people who have this disease? The only answer we have is incarceration which we know doesn’t work. The only thing incarceration did in my case was gave me time to detox which forced me to be honest with others and myself. Rehabilitation has to be the responsibility of yourself and you have to want to make these changes. After you have done all of the work and made the changes, you are still faced with being branded by the scarlet letter. I have even returned to school to better my employment opportunities and I have one semester left to complete my degree. I have been searching for employment for well over a year now.My biggest fear is no matter how honest, or how much work I’ve done to make positive changes to my life, to most I can hope for is a job-paying minimum wage. The mistake I make happened ten years ago, but the competition is so great at this time and people are so judgmental that all they need to see is that I have a sealed record and I’m placed in the NO pile. They don’t bother to ask me about the circumstances, or wonder how hard I’ve worked to return to school, or even ask their self if their brother, sister, son, or daughter have to face this same scrutiny. Someone please give me some honest advice, because I have followed the advice of never lying on your resume and I’m still unemployed. Answering no when asked about having a criminal background at least gets me an interview with the hope of being able to change their mind, but if I tell the truth, I go into the NO pile. Any suggestions? I have a criminal record, ten years ago I was caught with
pills that were not in a bottle and nor did I have a prescription for. I pled
guilty, took my punishment, and got help for my addiction. I am no longer that
person, but that one mistake has caused me to lose more than one job opportunity.
I also went through the process of having my record sealed by using the newly passed
law available in Indiana. This may have been the worst thing to do because now
my record shows that I have one record but you can’t see it, leaving some
employers wondering whom I may have murdered. I know my record is no one’s fault but mine, and
I own it, but the access we now have to these records make it almost impossible
to move on. Any suggestions? I know you aren’t supposed to lie, but lying has
been the only way to be considered for a position. It’s very sad when every American
working in this country knows a person, is related to a person, or is that
person, who has or had a drug problem. No one seems to care if you have turned your
life around and took responsibility for the problem, because you always have a
big scarlet letter for all to judge by, and to see the kind of person you could
become for the rest of your life. One of the biggest reasons for relapse is the
inability to find a good paying job that makes it possible to support you
family and to be a contributor to society once again. Will we ever understand
in this country how to support and treat people who have this disease? The only
answer we have is incarceration which we know doesn’t work. The only thing incarceration
did in my case was gave me time to detox which forced me to be honest with others
and myself. Rehabilitation has to be the
responsibility of yourself and you have to want to make these changes. After
you have done all of the work and made the changes, you are still faced with
being branded by the scarlet letter. I have even returned to school to better
my employment opportunities and I have one semester left to complete my degree.
I have been searching for employment for well over a year now.

My biggest fear is no
matter how honest, or how much work I’ve done to make positive changes to my
life, to most I can hope for is a job-paying minimum wage. The mistake I make
happened ten years ago, but the competition is so great at this time and people
are so judgmental that all they need to see is that I have a sealed record and I’m
placed in the NO pile. They don’t bother to ask me about the circumstances, or wonder
how hard I’ve worked to return to school, or even ask their self if their
brother, sister, son, or daughter have to face this same scrutiny. Someone
please give me some honest advice, because I have followed the advice of never
lying on your resume and I’m still unemployed. Answering no when asked about having a
criminal background at least gets me an interview with the hope of being able to
change their mind, but if I tell the truth, I go into the NO pile. Any
suggestions?

]]> By: gulshanhttp://www.glassdoor.com/blog/background-checks-employers-discover/comment-page-1/#comment-382499 gulshan Wed, 15 Aug 2012 06:40:00 +0000 http://www.glassdoor.com/blog/?p=12193#comment-382499 supper powers always need a strong faith to gain the perfact knowlege about any issu or problem ..keep it up supper powers always need a strong faith to gain the perfact knowlege about any issu or problem ..keep it up

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