It's also, as others have hinted, open to referral fraud, where the recruited could have an undisclosed interest in referring as many candidates as possible for the checks without any requirement to place them in employment. a
________________________________ From: Cameron Cooper [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 20 January 2011 19:48 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Background Checks and Drug Test What State do you live in? You can request a copy of your background check and drug test. Also, would suggest to check your credit history yearly to make sure that there isn't anything fishy on there. You can go here - https://www.annualcreditreport.com/cra/index.jsp and get a report yearly for free (unlike the others that claim to be free and will charge you) As others have mentioned here, I would look somewhere else. Companies will cover the cost of the background checks and drug tests, this shouldn't come out of your pocket. _____________________________ Cameron Cooper Network Administrator | CompTIA A+ Certified Aurico Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896 [email protected] | www.aurico.com From: Daniel Rodriguez [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 1:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Background Checks and Drug Test Because, if I pay for something, I should have access to it. That includes the drug results. What if it came back with a false positive? How would I know? Also, what if the background check has false information on it? What if someone stole my identity and I did not know about it? I had that happen to me. I was trying to get a contract job a Fort Knox, and they did a credit check on me and wanted to know when I lived in Florida. I have never lived in Florida. At that point they said I should contact one of the credit reporting agencies to verify my information. That is when I found out someone had stole my identity and charged up over $30K in medical expenses. You know how hard it is to let the company know that you are not the person they are trying to collect their charges from? I had to sign at least three affidavits stating that I was not the person who accrued those charges and that I never lived in Florida. Took two months to get this all straightened out. Seriously, it is not just the $50 or so dollars. It is the attitude that some of the recruiting companies get the idea that, "Hey, we can save money by passing these costs on the the prospective contractor." But this is before I even have accepted a contract. I know, the paperwork says that they will deduct those charges from the first paycheck, but I haven't even found out where the job is at, let alone what the payrate is. And by the way this recruiter sounded, when I talked to him, he didn't give me the payrate, or whether or not I was accepted by their client. Just sounded like he wanted to get a whole pool of people to accept this job/contract and then fill in the blanks, later. On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 2:04 PM, Maglinger, Paul <[email protected]> wrote: I could see charging you up front and reimbursing you when you are hired. You should have a good idea going into the job if you will pass or not. If you pay for the test and fail, that's your money wasted. If you're hired, what's $50 to the employer compared to your salary? From: Daniel Rodriguez [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 11:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: Background Checks and Drug Test To all, I am looking at taking a contract position. I am currently talking to the contracting rep about this position. He wants me to fill out some online forms, standard stuff, but I am concerned about one of the forms. This form is a release for a Background Check and Drug Screening. Now, I don't mind the background check or the drug test. But what kinda irks me is that they want to charge $10 for the Drug Test and $25 for the Background Check. What the form basically says, is, that I am giving the contracting firm to deduct those amounts from my first paycheck. I am also hesitant in filling out any forms for them, as they haven't told me what the payrate is on this position. I thought all Background Checks and Drug Test charges where the responsibility of the contracting company? 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