If you are hoping to visit a loved one in jail but have a criminal history of your own, you might wonder: do prisons run criminal background checks on visitors? The answer will depend on the jail or prison. Higher-security facilities typically have stricter visitation policies than a county jail. In most cases, you can
Every person hired for a job with the federal government must submit to a federal employment background check. What that background check includes depends on the specific job, particularly the level of access it involves to sensitive or confidential information. All federal employment background checks are designed to make sure each person hired to a
Most employers do not provide details about what their employee background checks entail. Trying to find this information on employer websites, job postings, or employment applications is often an exercise in futility. Rather than providing specifics, most employers will say, “We require every new hire to pass an extensive background check.” This type of vague statement begs
In most cases, an employer has no reason to share or disclose the results of employee background checks. However, there are situations in which an employee is working with, for, or on the premises owned by a customer or client. Staffing agencies, for instance, send their employees to work for outside organizations. Building companies hire sub-contractors
When filling out a job application, you may be asked to disclose prior criminal history. If you end up getting hired for the job, you will also almost surely have to go through a criminal background check before you start work. If you have a series of speeding tickets or other traffic violations, do you need to
In most scenarios, employers are not legally required to conduct background checks on their job candidates. In fact, according to a 2016 survey by CareerBuilder, 28% of employers do not use background checks to vet their new hires. It is because there is no law mandating employment background checks that this 28% exists. The question
Social security background checks, or SSN checks, are reporting products that require candidates to provide their Social Security numbers for an additional layer of identity verification. A related service, called an SSN trace, verifies the validity of a Social Security Number and provides a list of results for addresses, names, and the birthday associated with
Banks and financial institutions owe it to their customers, members, stockholders, and insurers to vet their employees thoroughly. Most bank jobs involve access to both money and sensitive personal information. These factors make working at a bank attractive for someone who might be looking to steal money, commit identity theft, or both. Because of these
If you are applying for a job, you may be asked on the application to disclose whether you have ever been convicted of a crime. Employers then verify this information with a background check. It is widely stated lying in this situation is the worst thing a job applicant can do. However, if you have a record that
The heart of most pre-employment background check processes is the criminal history check. However, job seekers and employers alike are unclear about precisely which information will be included in the criminal background check. Does a criminal history check include credit history? Or are credit history background checks a separate tool? There is a simple answer to
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