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Monday, March 15, 2010
Should your credit history affect your chances of getting a job?
Sixty percent of employers say they run credit checks on job applicants. Should your credit history affect your chances of getting a job?
OLIVIA ALLEN, Huber Heights: “No. Just because they’ve had a hard time financially in the past doesn’t mean they won’t be a good employee. It may mean they’ll work harder because they have a debt to pay or don’t want to go back down that path.”
LORI FIELDS, Jefferson Twp.: “No, because that doesn’t tell you exactly what their skills are. That’s not telling what type of person they are.”
QUIN BAILEY, Madison Twp., Butler County: “In my occupation it has to, because they go into people’s homes. So we have to have a background check, and they check everything, including finances.”
BILL STEPHENS, Vandalia: “I don’t see why your spending habits have any bearing on your work.”
TRACY WILSON, Springfield: “I don’t think it should, because people fall on hard times, and it shouldn’t prevent them from working, especially in today’s economy.”
