Employment Background Checks: How Accurate Is Your Personal Data?
Check your personal data before your employer does, say experts. You have the right to review information for accuracy.
By Erik Larkin
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If that data contains a mistake — and mistakes do occur — you can dispute it with the background-check company, and the firm must look into it within 30 days. ChoicePoint says that it will remove data it can't verify from its own databases; but if another party, such as a courthouse, holds the disputed record, you'll have to correct it with that original source. You can also add a note for anything that's true but warrants explanation.
If your current employer performs background checks, find out what company it uses and try to request the data before it does. And if you know you'll be applying to a particular employer, give its HR department a ring to ask the same questions.
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