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Background check..

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by D33RHUNT3R, Jun 20, 2012.

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  1. Jun 20, 2012 #1
    D33RHUNT3R

    D33RHUNT3R Medium Load Member

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    Do all companies run federal background checks..? and how far back do they go ?
     
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    D33RHUNT3R, Jun 20, 2012
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  3. Jun 21, 2012 #2
    Allow Me.

    Allow Me. Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    They do run "background checks". I wouldn't call them Federal background checks, however. Some may be credit checks/drivers license/DAC etc. For a HAZ endorsement, I believe they run a FBI check. In this day and age, kinda hard to hide anything. Our personal lives are documented and VERY public.
     
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  4. Jun 21, 2012 #3
    Dewey120

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    Always be honest on your app. A lot of trucking companies will be cool as long as you are honest with them. Also you don't want to get hired then fired because you "accidentally" left something out.
     
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  5. Jun 23, 2012 #4
    vinsanity

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    The first company I worked for went back at least 20 years on the criminal check. I had a misdemeanor arrest I forgot about (no conviction) and my recruiter called me about it. Didn't stop me from getting hired.
     
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  7. Jun 23, 2012 #5
    Gizmo_Man

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    if one asks a question like this, then one has a past he wants to keep a secret.

    otherwise, why the question??

    it should have been of no concern about "background checks".
     
    Gizmo_Man, Jun 23, 2012
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  8. Jun 23, 2012 #6
    vinsanity

    vinsanity Road Train Member

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    Except that people see on here that companies are really picky. Then they worry about that disorderly conduct charge from 20 years ago. Companies don't care about stuff like that.
     
    vinsanity, Jun 23, 2012
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  9. Jun 23, 2012 #7
    Cranky Yankee

    Cranky Yankee Cranky old ######

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    i wasn't hired by werner (GOD IS GOOD) because of 2 dui's in 1986
    at present it has been 11 years since my last drink
     
    Cranky Yankee, Jun 23, 2012
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  10. Jun 23, 2012 #8
    Elendil

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    This questions falls into the same category as the people who ask what companies use a hair sample for drug testing.
     
    Elendil, Jun 23, 2012
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    Gizmo_Man Thanks this.
  11. Jun 23, 2012 #9
    Cranky Yankee

    Cranky Yankee Cranky old ######

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    not really
    having my past follow me 26 years later isn't having been smokin crack last week
    quit being a pompus #####
     
    Cranky Yankee, Jun 23, 2012
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  12. Jun 23, 2012 #10
    jimfletcher7

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    the good ones do. a good background and dac can be a good tool in asking for a cent or two more .
     
    jimfletcher7, Jun 23, 2012
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