Background Check
Posted by Phil Aaronson at 10:02 AM
Background checks take no time at all these days.
I'm starting a new job, and apparently they are pretty careful about who they hire (I've also got a pile of privacy related forms to go through and sign). One of the forms authorized a background check, also on it was a box to request a copy of the information they dug up on me, so I checked that. What the heck. In just a couple days, a company called HireRight verified that I graduated from University of Colorado in 1989 (5/12/89 in fact, who remembers), but they couldn't verify my start date at CU (through an automated system called NSCH?). They didn't verify my masters degree. They verified my last gig by phone but could not verify my salary.
They pulled my many addresses going all the way back to Northboro (my hometown). And then checked court records for Mountain View, and Northboro for felony or misdemeanor charges. Surprisingly they did not check Boulder, CO but then that's more of a judgment call, and harder to automate. I kept my MA drivers license while I was in Colorado so it didn't show up as a residence associated with my license. Kids, if you're experimenting with drugs in college, don't get a drivers license in that state (not that I did mind you)! And while they were at it they checked my driving record and did a credit report to make sure my nose is clean.
It all feels a little overly brotherish doesn't it?
I'm starting a new job, and apparently they are pretty careful about who they hire (I've also got a pile of privacy related forms to go through and sign). One of the forms authorized a background check, also on it was a box to request a copy of the information they dug up on me, so I checked that. What the heck. In just a couple days, a company called HireRight verified that I graduated from University of Colorado in 1989 (5/12/89 in fact, who remembers), but they couldn't verify my start date at CU (through an automated system called NSCH?). They didn't verify my masters degree. They verified my last gig by phone but could not verify my salary.
They pulled my many addresses going all the way back to Northboro (my hometown). And then checked court records for Mountain View, and Northboro for felony or misdemeanor charges. Surprisingly they did not check Boulder, CO but then that's more of a judgment call, and harder to automate. I kept my MA drivers license while I was in Colorado so it didn't show up as a residence associated with my license. Kids, if you're experimenting with drugs in college, don't get a drivers license in that state (not that I did mind you)! And while they were at it they checked my driving record and did a credit report to make sure my nose is clean.
It all feels a little overly brotherish doesn't it?
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