whoisonfirst
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I recently applied for a college teaching position. Several issues have arisen, and I need some input:
1. A credit check was already completed. I know this because Equifax sent me a copy of my report with an FCRA notice stating that an employer had requested it. The only inquiry on it was from this school. Two days later, I received a packet of pre-employment papers to fill out, and inside this packet was a permission form to run a credit check. This means they asked for permisson *after* running the check, which I find somewhat unnerving. I had granted permission for a Criminal Background check only, and they ran that, too. But not for a credit check, at least not to my knowledge.
This new form I received has an FCRA notice on it. When I signed before for the criminal background check, there was no such notice or mention of credit on the form - only a criminal background check.
2. Also in this packet of forms is a data sheet asking detailed questions about my marital and family life and history. I am supposed to provide names, birthdates, addresses, citizenship status, and birth places for every possible relative - mother, father, brother, sister, children, spouse, ex-spouse, etc. I thought employers could not ask for this prior to a firm offer of employment. This seems like a sneaky way of asking if I have ever been married or divorced, or if I have children, etc., but without coming out and asking. Am I right? Also, I have no idea why they would need this for a teaching position.
3. The forms want me to disclose my ethnicity. It is not your standard Affirmative Action form, but rather, part of the paperwork for their database and application.
I found all this a little discomforting, since I have no firm offer of employment as of yet. I emailed the department head and asked him if all this meant I was hired. He said I still technically needed to be reviewed by his direct manager and by corporate (it is a corporately owned technical school.)
Oh - they also want my Direct Deposit information and other highly sensitive information. I would be happy to provide that if I actually know a paycheck is coming (i.e., I am hired), but not before.
What should I do? Thanks!
I recently applied for a college teaching position. Several issues have arisen, and I need some input:
1. A credit check was already completed. I know this because Equifax sent me a copy of my report with an FCRA notice stating that an employer had requested it. The only inquiry on it was from this school. Two days later, I received a packet of pre-employment papers to fill out, and inside this packet was a permission form to run a credit check. This means they asked for permisson *after* running the check, which I find somewhat unnerving. I had granted permission for a Criminal Background check only, and they ran that, too. But not for a credit check, at least not to my knowledge.
This new form I received has an FCRA notice on it. When I signed before for the criminal background check, there was no such notice or mention of credit on the form - only a criminal background check.
2. Also in this packet of forms is a data sheet asking detailed questions about my marital and family life and history. I am supposed to provide names, birthdates, addresses, citizenship status, and birth places for every possible relative - mother, father, brother, sister, children, spouse, ex-spouse, etc. I thought employers could not ask for this prior to a firm offer of employment. This seems like a sneaky way of asking if I have ever been married or divorced, or if I have children, etc., but without coming out and asking. Am I right? Also, I have no idea why they would need this for a teaching position.
3. The forms want me to disclose my ethnicity. It is not your standard Affirmative Action form, but rather, part of the paperwork for their database and application.
I found all this a little discomforting, since I have no firm offer of employment as of yet. I emailed the department head and asked him if all this meant I was hired. He said I still technically needed to be reviewed by his direct manager and by corporate (it is a corporately owned technical school.)
Oh - they also want my Direct Deposit information and other highly sensitive information. I would be happy to provide that if I actually know a paycheck is coming (i.e., I am hired), but not before.
What should I do? Thanks!