Originally Posted by
wphamilton
I found out years later that background checks were confusing me with people living in states I'd never even seen. I'd get offers, to the point of showing up to work to finish the paperwork, and get sent home. So a few repeats of that and I gave up. It was a mistake by those services, a mistake on my part to get discouraged, and I could have fixed it had I known but the discouragement was crushing. It was years before I tried again, and found out. People get discouraged for lots of reasons. Don't let that happen.
You should have been given notice about any arrest records found that may have factored into the decision of your hiring. The Fair Credit Reporting Act covers this. You should have had an opportunity to dispute the records, proving it's the wrong person or whatever. I'm so smart about this because I work for a background check company.