Originally Posted by
mgw4jc
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.
I know
But what Federal laws say they should do, and what they actually do, were two different things 15 years ago here in GA. That all ended when I had a contract gig with LexisNexis, who deal with that sort of information, and they got it straightened out somehow. It took weeks and weeks.
My point is that it's easy to get discouraged in a job search, and sometimes it's not really about you or anything you did. It's a trap and I don't want to see anyone get caught in it.