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| | The Human Resources: Recruiting, Hiring, and Staffing Network is not currently active and cannot accept new posts | | Background checks and the evaluation of past offences | Views: 775 | | Jun 11, 2009 5:22 pm | | Background checks and the evaluation of past offences | # | 
Tom Adam | | Some friends and I were kicking this subject around the other day, and discussing the things that have appeared in candidate's background checks that have disqualified them from further consideration. While laws governing this process will vary from country to country, some things will remain consistent in the decision. For example, criminal records of certain types and severity can disqualify someone. But here is my question . . .
How much time has to pass since the conviction for the person to be considered having turned their life around and no longer be considered a risk? I'm sure there is no fixed period, and that it will depend on the nature and severity of the offense. Someone who had a drunk driving conviction 5 years ago, but has had a perfectly clean record since then, might now be considered safe, but what about someone with a felony assault conviction? Or a felony that was plea-bargained down to a misdemeanor to avoid going to trial? At what point do we consider such a person no longer a risk? Or do we hold that against them in perpetuity?
Private Reply to Tom Adam | | Mar 11, 2010 6:42 pm | | re: Background checks and the evaluation of past offences | # |
Jessica Rosenzweig | | Tom,
There is not a set amount of time and it depends on the crime committed and circumstances of the conviction. You also have to take in account the job position that the potential hire may have and the risk involved with that. If someone is working with children than there is greater consideration for what shows up on a background check, however if the potential hire will be working in a position where they have very little contact with other people and/or limited access to information and money than a prior conviction may not be a large factor in the hiring decision.
At the end of the day we have to give people second chances and allow them to become a part of society again. There is a job for every type of person and giving a person a job is a step to help them turn their lives around. By feeling rejected by society they could continue in the cycle of crime.
Overall you want to use your best judgement and also follow federal/state laws if applicable. Private Reply to Jessica Rosenzweig | | Mar 12, 2010 8:16 am | | re: re: Background checks and the evaluation of past offences | # | 
sai suresh | | true that relying primarily on such background checks has its own pitfalls.
however, pardoning the bad is punishing the good.
lets give priority to those who have clean record right from the scratch.Private Reply to sai suresh | | |
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