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Re:The GitHub Job Interview by aen1 on Sunday January 08, 2012 @12:24PM (#3439982)
Background checks will show where you've worked, unless you were getting paid illegally. Still, I agree with you. It isn't something to scream out loud.
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Re:The GitHub Job Interview by e40 on Sunday January 08, 2012 @12:56PM (#3440056)
Background checks are being restricted in CA (by laws that became active in Jan '12), but even before that, I doubt it. Background checks are more like credit checks than employment history checks, except they include law enforcement activity.
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Re:The GitHub Job Interview by devs1010 on Sunday January 08, 2012 @12:57PM (#3440060)
Background checks are nowhere near that accurate, they usually rely on information you, yourself have put out there, they don't have some sort of direct pipeline to your w2 forms.
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