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Applied to a design job at a corporation that says they'll do background checks.
What does that mean? Criminal?
- they just want to check your education, previous workplaces, and your jail-time is legit, and if it checks out they will call some of your friends.sted
- they also check your likes on instagram nowadaysuan
- often times they take your info but never run it to save money. i have some minor stuff on my record. Sony does background checks. it meant nothing.shellie
- it was kid stuff btw. got caught wheat pasting as a teen. it would be kinda dumb to not hire based on art adjacent crimes lolshellie
- 'wheat pasting' sounds like a euphemism for something quite horrid.detritus
- NOT IN MY HAIR!
NOT IN MY HAIR!detritus - GoogleBennn
- background checks are normalmonospaced
- in this industries production part background check means checking your education and some of the previous workplaces.sted
- higher positions like finance and network level operative it is common practice to do a criminal bg check and drug test. But as Shelie says this means nothigsted
- just don't lie.sted
- I thought the whole point was to verify your addresses and criminal record.monospaced
- also, it's NOT common to do drug tests in finance positions ... can you imagine how many top people would be turned away?monospaced
- @WPP there is a drug test for cfo.sted
- THey want to make sure you did do drugs.pango
- No one wants to hire a boring square.pango
- You worried about something, freedom?Continuity
- they'll ask for your QBN username...SimonFFM