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Any of you guys familiar with how these work?
Criminal Background Checks for Employment...
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Uh oh lol.
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did you have to get fingerprinted?
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WHAT DID YOU DO?!?
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Don't know yet but likely...
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They'll probably do both hands if it's srs business...
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What type of background check? For what? Gov?
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Maybe you should apply for a job that doesnt require them
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I should explain...
I recently retired from the Military...
Looking for new employment...
Filled out an application and resume online for a school district job which sounded interesting... something I would like to do... don't need money but cash for golf, beer, extras and will put half in savings... you get the drill...
So I fill out this application and got a call for interview.... cool...
So in prep for the interview I review my resume and application to ensure I'm up to speed on everything I told them I know and what they need... etc... you know... a little homework to ready yourself for questions... etc...
As I'm going through I see a question I just missed or miss read... the question was have you ever been convicted of a crime other than a minor traffic violation... I'm guessing when I read that I saw minor and thought past ten years, minor offense... etc... turns out in the fine print it says EVER... so I answered that question with no... but in truth I paid a hundred dollar fine for misdemeanor minor possession of alcohol in 1987. I would haven't given a second thought to putting that on the application... but I missed it which at the end of the day is nobody's fault but mine for not being more specific with my answers... however that would get me canned for not putting it on the application...
Anyway... I have three options in my opinion... One... go to HR prior to interview and explain my mistake... Two... pull my application cancel the interview and wait for another position... or Three... let it ride... which for me isn't an option because it's really an integrity issue... I would have told them had I been more careful reading the application... and if it came up later I look like I was hiding something and would get the boot anyway... which would be way worse in my opinion... I would have never tried to hide something that old and minor... really... 90 bucks... and 28 years ago... who would hide that?
At any rate... there you are... I'm thinking just let them know I made an error on my application... likely costs me the job anyway because who hires a dumb ass who can't comprehend a question... lol... but I can't go through with the interview knowing it could look like I tried to intentionally mislead...
The truth is I just missed it... I would never have worried about disclosing that information... and once you hit send you can't adjust the information they have...
So there you are... my first interview in close to 30 years and I jacked it up right out of the gate... sad truth is this is a job I would have really enjoyed...
I recently retired from the Military...
Looking for new employment...
Filled out an application and resume online for a school district job which sounded interesting... something I would like to do... don't need money but cash for golf, beer, extras and will put half in savings... you get the drill...
So I fill out this application and got a call for interview.... cool...
So in prep for the interview I review my resume and application to ensure I'm up to speed on everything I told them I know and what they need... etc... you know... a little homework to ready yourself for questions... etc...
As I'm going through I see a question I just missed or miss read... the question was have you ever been convicted of a crime other than a minor traffic violation... I'm guessing when I read that I saw minor and thought past ten years, minor offense... etc... turns out in the fine print it says EVER... so I answered that question with no... but in truth I paid a hundred dollar fine for misdemeanor minor possession of alcohol in 1987. I would haven't given a second thought to putting that on the application... but I missed it which at the end of the day is nobody's fault but mine for not being more specific with my answers... however that would get me canned for not putting it on the application...
Anyway... I have three options in my opinion... One... go to HR prior to interview and explain my mistake... Two... pull my application cancel the interview and wait for another position... or Three... let it ride... which for me isn't an option because it's really an integrity issue... I would have told them had I been more careful reading the application... and if it came up later I look like I was hiding something and would get the boot anyway... which would be way worse in my opinion... I would have never tried to hide something that old and minor... really... 90 bucks... and 28 years ago... who would hide that?
At any rate... there you are... I'm thinking just let them know I made an error on my application... likely costs me the job anyway because who hires a dumb ass who can't comprehend a question... lol... but I can't go through with the interview knowing it could look like I tried to intentionally mislead...
The truth is I just missed it... I would never have worried about disclosing that information... and once you hit send you can't adjust the information they have...
So there you are... my first interview in close to 30 years and I jacked it up right out of the gate... sad truth is this is a job I would have really enjoyed...
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1987?..Chances are it wont show up..If it does, tell em it was so long ago you forgot about it
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This is a job with a Public School District... I have to think they look pretty hard when it's public funds... not like a private business...
That and if I look like a tool I would lose any chance at any future employment with them... or maybe even the city?
Don't know... just thinking worst case here
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I know...youre worried, but 1987 was almost 28 years ago...Youre arrest might not have even been transferred over onto computers when they made the transistion
I wouldnt lose any sleep over it..And BTW, you have the excuse ready...Misdemeanors wont usually get ya knocked out of contention anyway
My bro had a minors drinking offense and the CPD hired him
I wouldnt lose any sleep over it..And BTW, you have the excuse ready...Misdemeanors wont usually get ya knocked out of contention anyway
My bro had a minors drinking offense and the CPD hired him
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You should be fine if you explain the situation. Or so I would think.
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I wouldnt say anything unless they brought it up...Why tell on yourself if they dont know about it?
Why would they care if someone had some booze 28 years ago, even if he was a teen?
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I agree with everything you just said... which is why I would have put it down without a second thought... just missed it.
I don't think the problem would be the offense... who gives a rats ass about a 18 year old in the late 80s who got fined for drinking a Pabst?
The problem would be not disclosing it... which I imagine you friend did...
I'm thinking I should just let the HR office know I made an error on my application... and ensure it's correct... if it costs me the position then I can just mark it up to being lazy when I initially did my profile with them... I kick myself for not catching that... but on my security clearances in the past they don't even care about any misdemeanor over 10 years old... only felonies... I just didn't catch the fine print.
PS: It was in Illinois... I looked online... sure as heck Illinois post's everything... was easy to find! They paid some company to transfer all those old ass minor records from the 1980s... that means from paper to computer... what a miserable job that had to be... can't even imagine the bid on that job... lol
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Its your call..if it makes ya feel better, then tell HR about it.. But I sure as hell wouldnt
Did you say you found the arrest on you on line?..
Did you say you found the arrest on you on line?..
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You bet... I found every arrest in that county on every old friend I ever had... Illinois posts everything... for free... public record...
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meh...I still wouldnt worry about it.. But its your call...If it bothers you, then go to HR and fess up