To the HR and recruiting professionals or anyone familiar, do background checks of potential employees usually rely on profiles data brokers have compiled on them? (discuss.online)

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Do background checks to verify potential employees rely on profiles data brokers have compiled on them? Or do background checks rely on more direct means?

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[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 months ago

Absolute nightmare to get that kind of stuff cleared from your reports. Were you successful?

[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 months ago

nope

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