Last Christmas, a broadsheet named the New York Times published an item about people using credit scores in dating. In it was the claim, “The credit score, once a little-known metric derived from a complex formula that incorporates outstanding debt and payment histories, has become an increasingly important number used to bestow credit, determine housing and even distinguish between job candidates.”
The story quoted the book author (on something other than scores in employment) below. But, even though the scary baloney that employers use credit scores has been “increasingly” rebuffed, it is obvious that it has not been countered enough.
Employers do not use credit scores. Say that they do and you will end up here. If you’re already here, you are hardly alone.
So, get over it. Just make a correction, and move on.
From: Greg Fisher
Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2013 11:44 AM
To: Manisha Thakor
Subject: Adams Media, F+W Media
See this message and your response at https://blog.creditscoring.com/?p=4523.
In your book “On My Own Two Feet” (2007), you wrote, “Increasingly, prospective employers are also looking at this three-digit number, under the assumption that people who are financially responsible make better employees.”
What indicates that, increasingly, employers use credit scores?
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Greg Fisher
The Credit Scoring Site
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