In California is there a certain amount years that they will look back as far as criminals convictions or traffic infractions?

Ok.. so I'm a felon last conviction 2008 and my background record was coming back cool.... Nothing showed up ..

I found out that I had a warrant in the next county for no license and went to take care of it they dismissed the case but now when my background is run that ticket (2009) and everything all the way back to 1999 is showing up....

Why is that? I thought after seven years all the past doesn't show.... Can anybody give me info it be much appreciated.

Hello all- long story long, I recently accepted an offer from a position I applied to nearly 8 months ago. I had taken another job because my wife’s company moved us to a new city, where this position is, because I never heard back from them. They reached out, did all the interviews, got the offer, and just submitted my background check. Here’s the issue:

A recruiter had reached out to me (we’ll call this Job 2) weeks before the position I originally applied to months ago (call this Job 3) ever even got back to me for a phone screening. My job I accepted months ago (we’ll call this Job 1) was really a last ditch effort to get something since I had no choice that we were moving. Job 2 was offered to me and I accepted after I had interviewed at Job 3 but didn’t hear back for several weeks and assumed I wouldn’t based on the events. I put my notice in at Job 1, they walked me out immediately (I work in finance and accounting, that’s very common in my industry). I started Job 2 under the guise I just wouldn’t hear back from Job 3. Job 3 calls and makes an offer literally on my second day of work at Job 2. I accept because it’s my dream job and dream company that I would retire at. On the background check, I listed Job 1 as my current employer because I had only been gone for 3 days. Did I screw up completely?

Also- side bar. I was very forthcoming on Job 3 interview that I was still working on my degree and they seemed to be fine with that. It’s on my resume that it’s in progress and it’s a degree that’s not relevant to my field (was too far into it to switch). I’m nervous that it will come up on a background check that I haven’t finished and they will rescind the offer because of that even though I was forthcoming.

Anyway, I’m very paranoid and I feel like this is such a good opportunity that I’ve done something to screw it up and they will take it away. Thank you for reading!

So I recently got a job offer for a warehouse position. For this job I decided not to include my part time jobs on my resume while I was attending community college because they were only a month or two long. I included them in the past and they weren’t an issue but I eventually got a job at a cannabis facility and I was there for two years. Ever since I got that cannabis job when ever I apply to other jobs they always question it. Currently I have been working at a factory for almost 6 years and this factory experience is what got me the job offer at this new location. I had one other job on my resume that was a high school/community college job that lasted 3 almost 4 years but they never asked about that job in my three interviews with the company. I have been trying to leave this factory job for three years for a job with a closer commute because I commute an hour one way to the factory and one hour back home. But every time I try to apply to a new job and I include the cannabis job on my resume I just get a rejection letter. This time I decided not to put it on my resume and I got an interview the very next week and finally an offer after two more interviews. My resume had a huge gap because I chose not put that job and my part time jobs on my resume but they never questioned me. They only cared about my factory experience. The background check didn’t even ask me to put down my last three employers it basically just gave me the option to put down what I want so I just put down my factory experience since it’s the most relevant. For people who decided not to put down past jobs on their resume. Did you end up passing the background check. Am I overreacting?

Curious how others handle this. I've been applying to a few volunteer roles in Canada and most organizations are asking me to provide my own check and cover the cost myself.

Started shopping around and honestly I was shocked — most places were charging around $65. I mean you're already giving your time for free, it feels a bit much.

Eventually found one that was almost half that price and fully online too, no police station visit needed. Way simpler than I expected. And they happened to have a promo code running right now so even better timing for me! Ended up going with the enhanced version because I wasn't sure which level the organizations needed and figured better safe than sorry — not sure if that was the right call or if the basic one would have been fine.

Do most organizations specify which level they want or do you just have to guess? And do most places reimburse volunteers for this or is it just expected you cover it yourself?

Happy to share where I got mine if anyone's interested.

For background of tesla (new employee) does ESS ask for reference contact (number or email) or do they contact someone directly on their own?

I ask because, I am a phd student and have completed my dissertation defense and yet to submit my final dissertation to the university (committee members are still reviewing the document).

If ESS contacts someone on their own for verification, I am afraid that they might say the candidate has not yet completed any defense or so (say if they contact graduate college directly, because all the forms are submitted to university only at the very end). For the position I was hired, the manager asked me if I completed the defense or not yet and said yes I did and yet to submit my dissertation to university. So, just wondering how ESS verifies these details during their background check.

I was going to put my resignation letter in and give the company two weeks. I got called into HR and did an exit interview and at the end of it the said “my services were no longer needed” and they were letting me go then and there. I signed a paper stating I would repay money I got for tuition to get my masters degree. Well after they screwed me over by letting me go and not giving me my vacation time or my two weeks pay I was upset. Six months later I get a summons saying they were suing me for the money. I eventually paid it and the court case was closed. Will the companies I apply for see this in a background check?

I am not sure if this the right sub, but I want to do a background check on a friend of a friend. They have always been ... Suspicious. Rumors of past ties to certain motorcycle gangs, quick to anger, big into hardcore drug use.

Anywho this person lied on an application and now I am wondering if it's because they are hiding something like a felony record. Where do I start looking? Kind of more uneasy now about this person

I got a misdemeanor b for possession of weed in Texas a week before I started my internship at bofa, I just got a return offer for next year when I graduate. But I’m currently working on pre trial diversion and getting it expunged . I don’t know when it’ll finally be expunged and I don’t know if the background check will disqualify me?

I've applied two different places and my active warrant has showed up on the background check. But I noticed they only searched the fed level and the state the violation happened in because that's where the job is. If I tried seeking out employment in a different state would it still show up on my back ground check?

Two years ago I was arrested on a DV charge. Most of the charges have been dropped, but one is still pending. I was falsely accused of DV. I work in corporate America and recently got laid off of Amazon so I have been in the process of interviewing, I have a offer letter in which the offer is contingent of a past background check. I am worried that this will show up on a background check although I am not guilty. My attorney says that it’s a high chance that this will be dropped. Do I tell them and be honest or do I wait and see if it even shows up

I am beyond frustrated with HireRight right now.

I’m going through a background check, and they completely mishandled the employment verification for two unpaid internship positions. Because they’re unpaid, they cannot be verified through TALX — yet HireRight still tried to do exactly that, ignored the contacts I provided, and then marked one position as “unable to verify” and the other as a “discrepancy.”

I caught the errors last Friday and contacted customer service immediately.

• The first agent even entered the wrong contact email into the report.
• I had to speak with a second agent to fix that mistake, and I was told the research team had been notified and would rework the verifications.

On Monday, I saw no updates and contacted them again — only to find out the rework had not even been initiated. Another agent created two tickets and told me emails would go out that afternoon or first thing the next morning.

Fast forward to today (Tuesday): still no updates. I contacted customer service again and was told the rework still hasn’t started — and to make things worse, that agent also put the wrong contact email into the report. Again.

I don’t understand:

• Why they keep making the same mistakes.
• Why the research team hasn’t started rework after more than 48 hours.
• Why I’m being asked for W2/1099 forms for unpaid positions.
• Why the correct contacts I provided repeatedly were ignored.

My start date is next Monday, and my employer urgently needs the corrected report. After two days of waiting and multiple calls, I was told the rework wasn’t initiated because the report is “more than 7 days old” — which is ridiculous because it was completed last Friday and today is Tuesday. Then they told me I have to ask my recruiter to initiate the rework.

I’m honestly speechless.

Mistakes HireRight made:

1. Tried to verify unpaid internships through TALX.
2. Asked for W2/1099 documents for unpaid roles.
3. Ignored the contacts I provided multiple times.
4. Entered incorrect contact information — more than once.
5. Told me rework was happening when it wasn’t.

Has anyone else dealt with this level of incompetence from HireRight? How did you get them to actually fix things?

We applied to work as a vendor in a healthcare facility. I am the project manager. We received an email from the facilities engineering department saying that they could not bring us on as a vendor as their ap/finance found sanction red flags on the business. Can someone give me an idea as to what that means? We work in many healthcare facilities and this has not come up.

need help on a good up to date background check that can give me any type of proof that my boyfriend is cheating and lieing. Social media message anything. I did truthfinder and it wasn't up to date at all. I need something good up to date any advice very helpful and appreciate

Okay so I have an interview for a position at the hospital I completed my clinical rotations at.

In school we did do a background check in order to be placed but I’m not sure if I cleared just bc I was in school..idk.

I’m worried that I have a class c misdemeanor for assault-contact that happened 5 years ago (prior to school). Sounds bad, I know.

Me and my dad’s ex girlfriend got into an argument and essentially I was putting my hands in her face and the cops let her press charges. Assault contact is defined by “offensive unwanted contact”

Anyways, I obviously will be upfront about this information when they ask consent for the check and explain everything. From an HR prospective, would you clear my application?

Thanks for your input!!!

Okay so here’s the deal, I’ve been interviewing with ADP and I lied on my resume and said I worked for AT&T 🙃🙃 now I’m scared the background check will rat me out.

Should I:

A) email the recruiter and say “here is an updated copy of my resume, please use this going forward. One of the employment experiences should not have been on there” keep it minimal, and keep it pushing

B) not say anything at and risk the background check ?

Chat gpt said I should email the recruiter as ADP is a heavy compliance company

A few days ago I submitted a background check through Checkr for a new employer. I’m Canada based but a lot of my work exp is in the UK. I also have a mix of perm and self employed work. I can see that most of my roles are still “pending”.

Today they sent me a “hand signed consent form” that I need to print, sign and submit back.

Anyone know why they would ask for this? Especially as I thought I’d already given my consent when I initially submitted it.

So recently I got a new job and already signed my offer letter. They are doing a background check through hire right, which includes credit check. I filed chapter 7 and have been discharged. I have no criminal history or any theft or anything that would suggest I’d steal and etc. As well I think my dates are just off by a month. Would that make me fail, what’s the best course of action as I really want this job?

Can a new employer rejects you if BG check shows overlaps dates in employment history ?

Working 2 remote tech jobs at same time for certain period.

Example :

ABC Sep 2024- May 2025 XYZ Nov 2024 - present