| Not every job requires a look at your background | | | | application. The information can be anything |
| but most jobs dealing with security or children do. | | | | from the basic court house records of what you |
| The length of time and depth of a | | | | have or have not done in the past year, to a full |
| pre-employment background check can vary | | | | comprehensive look at your past jobs, residential |
| from job to job and so the reliability of criminal | | | | history and anything else they can dig up. |
| background checks can also vary depending on | | | | In many cases the failure to divulge information |
| how far back and what methods the employer | | | | prior to the search will result in an automatic |
| uses. Its a process you either must do, must be | | | | withdrawal of your application for employment. |
| willing to submit too or that has no affect on your | | | | As a general rule the history checks will take no |
| application what so ever. | | | | more than a week if it is not an in depth look into |
| A pre-employment background check can take | | | | your history and the reliability of criminal |
| anywhere from one day to one month depending | | | | background checks is very accurate, so it is not |
| on the employer. Most employers will actually | | | | worth hoping that something will be missed. You |
| hire the investigative work out and not use their | | | | may also ask the interviewer how long the |
| own in house investigation to acquire the | | | | background check may take; they should be able |
| information that they require to further your job | | | | to narrow down the time frame more accurately. |