Job Hunting and Credit Checks

Sixty percent of employers recently surveyed by the Society for Human Resources Management said they run credit checks on job applicants, compared with 42 percent in a somewhat similar survey in 2006.This is yet ANOTHER ridiculous practice that slave owners - oopsey I mean employers -  initiated under republicunt rule that America suffered during the first decade of the 21st century.

Employers use the excuse that these checks give them valuable information about an applicant's honesty and sense of responsibility. 

Interesting logic there but it IS bullshit logic of the highest magnitude. 

Wisconsin state Rep. Kim Hixson drafted a bill in his state shortly after hearing from Terry Becker, an auto mechanic who struggled to find work.

Becker said it all started with medical bills that piled up when his now 10-year-old son began having seizures as a toddler. In the first year alone, Becker ran up $25,000 in medical debt.

Over 4 1/2 months, he was turned down for at least eight positions for which he had authorized the employer to conduct a credit check, Becker said. He said one potential employer told him, "If your credit is bad, then you'll steal from me."

What a crock of shit.


I'll get into the problems associated with this insanity in a moment but first I would like to reveal the REAL reason employers are doing this. There are many actually.



They OBVIOUSLY have no confidence in judging people they meet. They lack the common sense that even the lowest life forms possess. This is evidenced when they have job fairs or meet and greets that produce hundreds of applicants, the hours of sifting through thousands of resumes and weeks spent interviewing prospective employees to fill one or two positions within heir company.


So they came up with the idea of complicating this further by subjecting applicants to "background screenings"  but the problem here was cost. A REAL background check is quite expensive and these idiot business owners didn't want to spend this kind of money - ESPECIALLY for the shear volume of applicants lining up for their $10 an hour (if you're lucky) position offered.

I remember assclown bush at a townhall style meeting where he was introduced to a single mother with two children that had THREE JOBS. The idiot son of an asshole thought this was a good thing, smirked and called it uniquely American. How "uniquely American" it was for a mother to have someone else raise her children because she spends all of her waking hours trying to keep a roof over her head and food on the table.


But a credit check is MUCH cheaper to run on someone.


So the bottom line reasoning is that the are too cheap.


Now let's look at the problems this creates.


First, in NO WAY does a persons credit report reflect their ability to accomplish a task or duty in any job.In fact, the credit reports DO NOT eve reflect an accurate picture of a persons credit history. The are inaccurate. They contain mistakes. THEY ARE WRONG.

In my opinion they are completely worthless.


Secondly, and I'm shocked that no one else is mentioning this, that the constant inquiries produced in a job search damages a persons credit even more.


Let's set the record straight ere folks. IF, as a business owner or hiring manager or director of personnel or what ever else you choose to call your self because of your low self esteem and need to feel important, you don't ave the ability to hire someone by simply talking with them and using your instincts you DO NOT deserve to be in the position you covet. 


You are a complete and udder fucking moron.

Under federal law, prospective employers must get written permission from applicants to run a credit check on them. But consumer advocates say most job applicants do not feel they are in a position to say no.  



It is the American job seeker that allows this by putting up with this abusive treatment. It is the WORKER  after all that is extending credit to your employer by giving them your blood, sweat and tears each week in return for expected payment and in hopes that their check clears.


Perhaps it is US that should run credit checks on THEM.