Archive for the ‘Employers’ Category
credit score, employers, UC Irvine, New University
From: Greg Fisher
Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 7:28 AM
To: newu@uci.edu; newuopinion@gmail.com
Subject: credit score, employers, New University
You wrote, “Employers increasingly run credit checks on prospective hires; a high score is seen as an indicator of reliability.”
Who is your source regarding credit score use by employers?
Media depiction, credit score use, employers, CBS, Dallas
Consumer reporting agencies Equifax, TransUnion and Experian all state that they do not provide credit scores for employment screening.
Despite that, the anchor at the CBS-owned television station in Dallas asks the financial expert and analyst to explain it all to us:
It is today’s #1 hit in Yahoo News for the term “credit score” (complete with [...]
FreeScore.com II (second contact attempt)
The blogosphere simmers while Ben Stein summers.
The official Whac-a-Mole
From: Greg Fisher
Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 10:49 PM
To: Nate Allard, Media First Public Relations; Ryan M. Wines, R2C Group
Subject: FW: credit score, employers, FreeScore.com II
Please reply.
[previous email attached]
Countdown to when Experian removes statement about employers using scores
Return here to find out when Experian removed its statement that employers use credit scores.
Here is the statement:
“Credit scoring helps potential lenders, landlords, and employers quickly gauge an applicant’s credit history.”
At the bottom of the page Experian implores, “Contact Us – If this doesn’t answer your question please contact us.”
By all means, contact them.
The domains [...]
FreeScore.com and Ben Stein: Employers use credit scores
Consumer reporting agencies Equifax, TransUnion and Experian all state that they do not provide credit scores for employment screening.
But in a television commercial for FreeScore.com, spokesman Ben Stein states, “Whether you’re in a financial hole, or just want to get a loan, a better interest rate, or a new job, you’re at the mercy of [...]
credit score, employers, ABC News
Despite consumer reporting agencies’ emphatic statements that they do not provide credit scores for employment screening, ABC News writes:
But your credit score can also prevent you from getting that new job. Many recent applicants — from the newly divorced to recent grads saddled with student loans – are finding that their credit scores are keeping [...]
credit score, employers, Washington Post
http://www.buffalonews.com/410/story/667793.html
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090517/BUSINESS/905170338/1003/ARCHIVES
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/credit-card-rate-2381680-utilization-percent
http://www.fresnobee.com/columnists/salinas/story/1374724.html
http://www.miamiherald.com/136/story/1028698.html
http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/michelle_singletary/043009_color_of_money.html
http://www.projo.com/business/content/bz_singletary03_05-03-09_DJE6T79_v6.17c60ad.html
From: creditscoring.com
Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 11:35 AM
To: Michelle Singletary, Wasington Post personal finance columnist (The Color of Money email address); Michelle Singletary (another Washington Post email address for Singletary)
Cc: Andy Alexander, Washington Post ombudsman; Andy Alexander (another Washington Post email address for Alexander); Shirley M. Carswell, Washington post deputy managing editor
Subject: RE: credit score, [...]
Equifax states that it checks its job applicants’ credit scores
From: creditscoring.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 12:36 PM
To: Steve Ely, Equifax
Cc: Ilyce Glink; Coretha M. Rushing, chief human resource officer, Equifax
Subject: credit score, employers, Equifax HR
You said, “I will tell you, even when you apply for a job at Equifax, we check your credit score because we’d like to make sure that you are good [...]
Credit score, job, employer, NBC Washington TV station
REPORTER: “Jim, if finances have a heartbeat, it’s the credit score. It affects what you pay for mortgages or rent, your auto loan, your insurance, your utility deposits, and even if you’ll get a job.”
From: creditscoring.com
Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 2:52 PM
To: Elizabeth Crenshaw (askliz@nbcwashington.com)
Cc: Jeff Zucker, ‘news4pr@nbc.com’; ‘nbc4dc@nbc.com’
Subject: credit score, employers
You said: “If finances [...]
Training Equifax
Equifax changed two of its pages about credit scares scores.
But here is another one that says, “Lenders, employers, car dealers — they all can know your FICO score, and so can you.”
Are you there, Equifax?