Maybe it’s just me, but if I was caught committing a crime that I was later convicted of, I would tell as few people as possible. In particular, if I were trying to get my life back on track, I would definitely try to avoid telling any potential new employer to try and get a better shot at being hired. That is why Criminal Background checks are a critical part of the pre-employment screening process.
It is about having all of the facts. The more information you have, the better qualified you will be to make the best possible decisions. Criminal background checks help give you those advantages. It helps you discover if an applicant is telling the truth regarding their criminal activity.
Sometimes, an applicant may even admit to having a prior conviction, but they might down play what the actual conviction or offense was. That way they are being truthful about having a record, but are trying to make it sound better on paper than what it actually was.
Just because you find out (through the criminal background checks or the applicant’s honesty) that there was a conviction, does not mean you absolutely must reject that applicant. We built the correctional system based on the premise of rehabilitation. Some applicants will have learned their lesson and will not commit another crime.
Ultimately you can now make that decision because you truly have all of the information to make that determination.
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