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Felony Charge and Background Checks

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Misty_Angel_001

Junior Member
What is the name of your state? North Carolina

I entered a plea agreement to misappropriation of funds in 1993. Turns out this is a felony charge. No jail time was served, 3 years unsupervised probation.

Now I am trying to find a decent job. Every application has the "Ever been convicted of a felony charge" box. If I check yes, will this lessen my chances for the job? If I check no, I'm lying and if a background check is completed it will show up.

My question is how far back will the background check go and is there any way to avoid this question on the applications? Also this happened in another state, I now live in NC. Will the background check show up from another state? How does the criminal/background check work?
 


longneck

Member
you need to do a search in this forum for "background check" in the post title. this question has been asked and answered numerous times.
 

I AM ALWAYS LIABLE

Senior Member
longneck said:
you need to do a search in this forum for "background check" in the post title. this question has been asked and answered numerous times.

My response:

. . . and, speaking about background checks, longneck, how about filling out your "Profile" information?

IAAL
 

cbg

I'm a Northern Girl
Whether or not checking yes on the application will affect your job chances, will depend entirely upon the employer.

Lying on the application will almost certainly get you put in the do-not-hire pile; if it is not discovered until after you are hired, it will almost certainly get you fired.
 

I AM ALWAYS LIABLE

Senior Member
cbg said:
Whether or not checking yes on the application will affect your job chances, will depend entirely upon the employer.

Lying on the application will almost certainly get you put in the do-not-hire pile; if it is not discovered until after you are hired, it will almost certainly get you fired.

My response:

cbg is describing what we affectionately refer to as, "being between a rock and a hard place."

IAAL
 

longneck

Member
I AM ALWAYS LIABLE said:
. . . and, speaking about background checks, longneck, how about filling out your "Profile" information?
why, are you on the hunt again for people to ban from the boards?
 

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