This appears as the #1 result in a search engine for the term credit score employers: One in Six Employers Look at Your Credit Score – The Wallet – WSJ Mar 11, 2009 … Many employers are checking job candidates’ credit scores, but how big of a factor are credit scores in a company’s eventual decision … Continue reading Employers, credit score, Wall Street Journal
To: Kathy Chu, USA TODAY From: “creditscoring.com” <greg@creditscoring.com> Subject: credit score, employers Date: 3/21/09 You wrote, “And if scores can drop even if consumers do nothing wrong, they say, it raises the question of whether there’s a flaw in the credit scoring formulas relied upon by the nation’s lenders, insurers, and increasingly employers and … Continue reading Employers, credit score, USA TODAY
In its November 1, 2006 advice column, Experian wrote: “An employer wouldn’t necessarily receive a credit score with the credit report. That would depend on its policies and procedures.” In 2007, Experian said: “We do not score for employment reports… If you chose to do that, I think you would be breaking the law.” In … Continue reading Experian on credit scores and employers, 2006