> I suspect that the thing that tripped me up for this most recent job
> was the fact that this company requested my permission to do a credit
> check. My credit sucks, given what I've gone through as a result of
> being unemployed. But isn't this just a form of economic blacklisting?
> How is my credit report relevant to my abilities to do work for a
> company?
>
i'm curious for responses to this. i've seen a lot of stuff recently
about prospective employers doing credit checks on prospective
employees, the logic being that it's a measure of ir/responsibility. of
course, that doesn't really take into account some of the things that
can happen to you when you lose your job and go unemployed for a long
time. insurance companies do credit checks for the same reason -- it's
not just whether or not you'll pay; they check your credit to establish
rates.
just another reason to keep yourself out of credit card debt when you're young. when you're getting older it's awful hard to fix, especially in a downturn.