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Released: October 24, 2010
Credit checks for screening job applicants
Source: Eileen Ambrose, Baltimore Sun (Free Registration)
Apply for a job and you’ll likely be asked to agree to a credit check.
A majority of employers conduct credit checks on all or some of their job candidates. But this screening has become so controversial given the weak economy that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission last held its first hearing devoted to credit checks last week.
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