Nabbing fibbers, fudgers, fabricators

Hi Julie, nice to hear from you. I though perhaps you were taking a fall break.

No, I never knew about the credit check thing for job hiring. I thought I knew everything, (ha ha) but I guess this one caught me off guard. Fortunately, I have an excellent rating (when I last checked!) but I know a lot of people who through personal circumstances don't. So, this is what disturbed me.

I can understand some circumstances where a credit check would be necessary for someone in a position of authority, or dealing with clients' accounts, as in a brokerage house, bank or financial institution, having responsibility over large sums of money. But if you never have access to the company financial systems or confidential records, I don't see the value of running a credit check on this kind of employee.

Anyway, needless to say, some of the men and women who attended the presentation, were very shocked. And as I mentioned, the audience were made up of both senior to middle mgmt. types. So, perhaps the practice, while customary in the US, is not as routine in Canada, or else, one would think, some of the audience would have been aware of it.

Anyway, we learn something new every day, or at least we should!!

> Way back when I got my very first job out of
> college they even did a credit check. That
> was back when dinosaurs roamed the
> Earth....1984 if my memory can go back that
> far!

Hah, hah, your first job was in 1984. So, mine was in the early '70s. What does that make me?? For lack of better word, pre-dinosaur? But everyone tells me I look 10 years younger than my age. No laughing alllowed!!

This is amusing. I have a sister who is 10 years my junior. Side by side, she's often mistaken for being older or around the same age. So, this makes me feel good. I've got my mother's genes. She died at 68, but never had a wrinkle in all those years. Hollywood, eat your heart out!!

Regards,

Eliz.