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Subject:RE: Gray hair and first impressions From:"Secara, Maggie" <Maggie -dot- Secara -at- indymacbank -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 18 Jan 2002 09:04:11 -0800
They'd better not be screening for age.
I've had two background checks run this year, but neither was before the
interview!
Maggie
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Annamaria Profit [mailto:inteltek2 -at- earthlink -dot- net]
> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 4:48 AM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Cc: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Re: Gray hair and first impressions
>
>
> Pat,
>
> Dying your hair would help with the interview impressions, but every
> company is doing credit checks now, and even if you have
> great credit, your
> birthdate is on the top right hand corner of the report.
> That gives them
> access to most of your personal records, including health
> insurance claims.
> So if they're screening for age or health issues, which most
> are, you will
> be eliminated.
>
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