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Subject:RE: the OTHER test From:Brent -dot- Jones -at- Level3 -dot- com To:Sarah -dot- Bane -at- spectrumretail -dot- com, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:Wed, 18 Oct 2000 13:09:35 -0600
Sarah Bane wrote on Wednesday, October 18, 2000 12:57 PM:
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> That company also instituted criminal background checks of all
> employees, so I also had to sign a consent form for that.
> Fortunately I
> had nothing to hide on that score either. Has anyone else encountered
> criminal background checks as a requirement?
I have encountered that as well. Like drug screens, the requirement for
pre-employment criminal background checks seems to me to be much more common
than it was a few years ago. Have others had the same perception?
brent
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Brent Jones
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