Non-charged theft/fraud
I recently applied for a position in which a ''background'' check was done. Upon recieving a copy in the mail it showed a ''one time'' incident of fraud/theft at an employer dated 1/24/2002. There were no charged for this and the company was paid back in 1 week as they deducted what I had taken out of my 401K prior to mailing me the balance. Call it lack of judgement on my part, but this was an isolated incident and never happened before or since. I would hate to think this will hinder my job hunt. Is there any chance that this, like DUI's and bad credit, will be removed? Come the 24th of this month it will have been 7 years! Please help!!! Thank you!!! Desperate for work p.s. the incident took place in Florida and I am currently looking for work in California
Re: Non-charged theft/fraud
I suspect this information was not obtained from a credit-reporting agency; it sounds more like something obtained through a search of criminal justice records. In Florida perhaps arrests are logged and recoverable from a data base even though the arrest does not result in prosecution. I used to be a law clerk in a public defender's office in CA and we had computer access to old arrest records even though there was no record of follow-up by the D.A.
Further, I don't agree that old DUI convictions disappear from your record after the passage of time, unless perhaps the offense was charged as or reduced to an infraction.
As for old "negatives" on a credit record or report, I think the reporting agencies stop using them as they age, partly at least because the agencies' and their clients' research shows that the old data is a relatively poor predictor of a subject's current credit worthiness. I'll bet the older data is still there in the credit agency's data base; they just don't report or analyze it.
I think whether this will have any effect on your job hunt or not will be largely dependent upon what kind of position you're seeking....it could be a big deal if you're applying to be assistant treasurer or purchasing agent or auditor, but for a Chief Technology Officer, chemist or skilled nursing position, your technical skills will be much more important.
Re: Non-charged theft/fraud
I suspect this information was not obtained from a credit-reporting agency; it sounds more like something obtained through a search of criminal justice records. In Florida perhaps arrests are logged and recoverable from a data base even though the arrest does not result in prosecution. I used to be a law clerk in a public defender's office in CA and we had computer access to old arrest records even though there was no record of follow-up by the D.A.
Further, I don't agree that old DUI convictions disappear from your record after the passage of time, unless perhaps the offense was charged as or reduced to an infraction.
As for old "negatives" on a credit record or report, I think the reporting agencies stop using them as they age, partly at least because the agencies' and their clients' research shows that the old data is a relatively poor predictor of a subject's current credit worthiness. I'll bet the older data is still there in the credit agency's data base; they just don't report or analyze it.
I think whether this will have any effect on your job hunt or not will be largely dependent upon what kind of position you're seeking....it could be a big deal if you're applying to be assistant treasurer or purchasing agent or auditor, but for a Chief Technology Officer, chemist or skilled nursing position, your technical skills will be much more important.
Re: Non-charged theft/fraud
I suspect this information was not obtained from a credit-reporting agency; it sounds more like something obtained through a search of criminal justice records. In Florida perhaps arrests are logged and recoverable from a data base even though the arrest does not result in prosecution. I used to be a law clerk in a public defender's office in CA and we had computer access to old arrest records even though there was no record of follow-up by the D.A.
Further, I don't agree that old DUI convictions disappear from your record after the passage of time, unless perhaps the offense was charged as or reduced to an infraction.
As for old "negatives" on a credit record or report, I think the reporting agencies stop using them as they age, partly at least because the agencies' and their clients' research shows that the old data is a relatively poor predictor of a subject's current credit worthiness. I'll bet the older data is still there in the credit agency's data base; they just don't report or analyze it.
I think whether this will have any effect on your job hunt or not will be largely dependent upon what kind of position you're seeking....it could be a big deal if you're applying to be assistant treasurer or purchasing agent or auditor, but for a Chief Technology Officer, chemist or skilled nursing position, your technical skills will be much more important.
