Can You Really Pass A Background Check? (Part-Two)
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A background check company may send one of their researchers to the courthouse to collect records there is always room for error. Perhaps the background check company pays the researcher per document pulled and recorded. If this happens and they hire a sub-par employee that only focuses on quantity of records pulled and not the quality of information recorded then that could be where this fell through. This has allowed people with common names to be grouped together in data bases. So John Smith that shares his name with 6 other people within a 7 mile radius is bound to be in a situation like this. My candidate was clean, but an individual that lived nearby with the same name had a list of charges that would prevent my client from hiring him.
Another way background check companies collect records are through automated systems. Regardless of how the information is collected is not the issue, it is how the researched information is recorded that can create a catastrophe such as this. Once my candidate was able to get things straight with the background check company, my client ran the background check again, of course, and there was no charge from the background check company to the client. The candidate’s records came back clean and the client made the offer. Sweet ending for everyone involved.
But….
That’s not always the case. I’ve been in situations where the candidate was denied a job because of an inaccurate background check. Of course, those clients and background check companies were probably sued for discrimination.
For me, if I was denied employment for an inaccurate background check. I would feel that my name was slandered. I have a clean record, but if a background check company provided my future employer with inaccurate information about me and I was delayed or denied a position, I would have suffered a loss, not only that but I would feel embarrassed, especially if I had been referred to that company by a friend or someone in my social media connections.
Society views that you’re innocent until proven guilty, but in this case it is the exact opposite, you’re viewed as guilty of crimes and lies because of inaccurate information, until you have to prove your innocence.
Bryan Moore
10 Years-Executive Recruiter
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