Employment background check question....

IrishPM — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 23:59:08 GMT

Recently I got a call from a recruiter I've been working with over the last 3 months, after a series of interviews with the company's HR rep and the department heads that I would be reporting to, he congratulated me on my successful interview and the company wants to hire me. Great news all around. The companies hiring process for the paperwork is slow and I'm ok with that. However, about 3 business days later, after congratulating me on the verbal job offer, my recruiter sent me a "background check" form to fill out, sign and return to him as soon as possible. I completed the form and returned it to the recruiter on October 7, 2014, same day. On a whim, and I hadn't purchased my FICO scores and credit reports for the last 3 months, I purchased the 3 reports from myFico...I just wanted to make sure everything is ok and it is. Looking at the inquiries section for Experian, Equifax and TransUnion, I have no "new inquiries" listed in my file. Anyone know if this is a "hard or soft pull" by the firm doing the credit, identity, background check?

Re: Employment background check question....

Billybob_TX — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 00:29:30 GMT

Maybe none on the credit reports, they might pull L/N, or just do some manual checking which won't show up. Lots and lots of databases out there.

Re: Employment background check question....

RobertEG — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 07:26:57 GMT

Employment checks are coded as soft.

If you order a full report from annualcreditreport.com, it will show the softs.

It should have an inquiry code of EMP.

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