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I'm not from the States - when this kind of thing happens, does it affect your future employment opportunities? Will it turn up on background checks?
by voltagex_ 12y ago
I'm not from the States - when this kind of thing happens, does it affect your future employment opportunities? Will it turn up on background checks?
- pcurve 12y agoit depends on the states. Some states offer more protection for applicants than others. It also depends on position too. Basically, any arrest record will stay on your record for number of years including ones where the charges were eventually dropped. But in many states, employers are either disallowed or discouraged from looking at it. If there was conviction, it will stay with you. There is no way getting around that and that will jeopardize your future employment prospect.
- ianferrel 12y agoNo, and and probably not. Being arrested at something like this is likely to result in a fine at most. The author notes that he was eventually charged with a traffic obstruction violation. Basically, jaywalking. The arrest may show up on a background check. I think it would depend on state-level laws about how public the proceedings are. But no one would give it much weight. Of course, if you're arrested every weekend for something like this, they might.