employment screening - criminal backround checks

[2confused]

I am currently being considered for a position within a fortune 500 company (investment banking industry). I know that because the company is an FDIC institution, certain conditions apply for employment(like no fraud convictions). My question is: are there any sites where I can get a copy of my own criminal backround check so that I know what will come up therefore I will not jeopordize my chances further by lying on my application?

I am sure there are those among you that are saying...doesn't this idiot know his own criminal backround? Well, yes I do. But I do not know what will be exposed in a backround check as they are over 10yrs old.

Also, there are no security clearances needed for the position.(I wouldn't get them anyway=-)

Thanks,
2Confused

 

[CallTheFBI]

Hire a private investigator to dig up as much dirt on yourself as you can.

 

[tm37]

Thoose backround checks cost a pretty penny.

Do you have something in your past you would rather not be seen?

 

[CallTheFBI]

Originally posted by: tm37
Thoose backround checks cost a pretty penny.

Do you have something in your past you would rather not be seen?

I'm guessing that is a definate yes.

 

[Anubis]

ok you better spill it.

what did you do 10 years ago??

 

[Zebo]

I wuld think you tell the truth and then you will "not jeopordize my chances further by lying on my application" Right?

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: 2confused
I am currently being considered for a position within a fortune 500 company (investment banking industry). I know that because the company is an FDIC institution, certain conditions apply for employment(like no fraud convictions). My question is: are there any sites where I can get a copy of my own criminal backround check so that I know what will come up therefore I will not jeopordize my chances further by lying on my application?

I am sure there are those among you that are saying...doesn't this idiot know his own criminal backround? Well, yes I do. But I do not know what will be exposed in a backround check as they are over 10yrs old.

Also, there are no security clearances needed for the position.(I wouldn't get them anyway=-)

Thanks,
2Confused

Sory but I think once you are labled a sexual predator it is on your record for the rest of your life

 

[Geekbabe]

The company should give you an idea of what info they are going to be checking.It will be on the release form you'll have to sign giving them permission to run the clearance.At my job we go thru a CORI check,they're looking for felony convictions any history of violence,sexual preditator behavior,etc.

 

[Yossarian]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Sory but I think once you are labled a sexual predator it is on your record for the rest of your life

That is an extremely poor "joke".

 

[Geekbabe]

Originally posted by: PipBoy

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Sory but I think once you are labled a sexual predator it is on your record for the rest of your life

That is an extremely poor "joke".

but oh soooo funny!

 

[Skel]

At one of my old jobs they went through everything... needed it for clearance, and you had to do a psych eval..

 

[2confused]

The statement I sign is a standard "...have you ever been convicted of any crime"

I have seen the form.

As I said, FDIC institutions may not employ a person convicted of fraud...that rules me out.

What I do have is a 'reckless endangerment conviction'(misdemeaner) with no fines or jail time...it was the result of a bar fight where no one ended up in the hospital.

I am concerned because I know that in the post 9/11 world changes have been made that allow certain business to directly receive the FBI's data((which is much better than state,county data)and I have been arrested a couple of times in my youth(18-25) for B#$@s#@t that wa always thrown out once I saw a judge. It is my a rresst record that concerns me because that is the wildcard. If all of my arressts since the age of 18 are ina dbase then I am screwed.

Oh, and by the way...admitting everything to a corporate HR dept is foolish.

I am looking for anyone who might have tried one of the online services for backround checks.

2C

 

[rawoutput]

Bar fights? I would figure thats a plus for employment, barfights are badass. It's not a financial crime and it happened years ago, why would an investment company care?

 

[2confused]

good question.

All I can say is I had a problem with this a few years ago, and I was told at the time after 10 years I wouldn't have to admit it in an application.

2C

 

[Anubis]

its a missdameiner i thought you only had to put in stuff if you had been convicted of a felony

 

[tcsenter]

Criminal records are public except those sealed by a grand jury, judge, or by law because a minor is involved. You probably can get a copy of your own criminal record by sending a letter of request to your state police or the FBI, along with a check for record keeping/clerical fees. I'd say about $40.00 should cover it, but you should call and ask first.

If they won't help you, file a FOIA request. If they still deny you, then you'll probably have to go through your state/county court house (public records division). They cannot deny you because they are the administrators of and repository for public documents of criminal proceedings which occur in their jurisdiction.

As far as what turns up in a criminal background check, everything you've ever been convicted of unless your records were sealed as a minor. 30 years from now, they will still see your 'drunken and disorderly' citation from your college years, or whatever.

 

[2confused]

I am aware that convictions will be kept unless sealed . But what I wanted to know is if arrest records are also kept indefinitely.

2C

 

[rudeguy]

actually, it depends on how thorough of a check they do. I have some things on my record that I was convicted of as an adult, but they got sealed by the court on completion of probation. Now if the government were to do a check on me these things would show up, however anyone from the private sector cannot see them. In your circumstance I would admit to everything up front, usually the HR people have seen plenty worse than bar fights on someones record, however if you dont disclose them up front and they find them, you are SOL...remember that football coach at Notre Dame??? Things will come back to haunt you if you arent honest from the start.

 

[falconx80]

basically, the question

have you been convicted of a crime?


means that has the judge at any time given u a "GUILTY" charge or u have pleaded GUILTY charge to a criminal charge brought up against you by a state. If so, then u should say yes. (this guility charges does not include minor traffic infactions. also, an arrest doest not consitute a conviction)

so, if all your arrests were thrown out at a court hearing then the answer would be "NO"

if you are not sure, i think u can goto local court district where you went to for the court hearing and get an document of the outcome of the case. it might cost u $ tho.

 

[HEMIFREAK]

Originally posted by: tcsenter
Criminal records are public except those sealed by a grand jury, judge, or by law because a minor is involved. You probably can get a copy of your own criminal record by sending a letter of request to your state police or the FBI, along with a check for record keeping/clerical fees. I'd say about $40.00 should cover it, but you should call and ask first.

If they won't help you, file a FOIA request. If they still deny you, then you'll probably have to go through your state/county court house (public records division). They cannot deny you because they are the administrators of and repository for public documents of criminal proceedings which occur in their jurisdiction.

As far as what turns up in a criminal background check, everything you've ever been convicted of unless your records were sealed as a minor. 30 years from now, they will still see your 'drunken and disorderly' citation from your college years, or whatever.

not neccessarily. I've gone thru employment background checks.USUALLY they only go back 10 years and then only convictions, not arrests. unless of course you are going for a position within the govt

 

[tcsenter]

not neccessarily. I've gone thru employment background checks.USUALLY they only go back 10 years and then only convictions, not arrests. unless of course you are going for a position within the govt

They opted for the inexpensive "quick check". Believe me, if they are willing to pay for a thorough background check, they can find out that you stole a candy bar from Uncle Andy's market when you were 10 years old.

Ok, not literally, but they can find every conviction you've ever had that was not expunged, overturned, or sealed. Even in those cases, they can probably find the expunged and overturned convictions, only they will also see that the conviction was expunged or overturned.