The Daily Peeve / Rant

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Originally Posted by ApatheticNoMore

I've had background checks done but the employer always paid and it was after they made a hiring decision (so they aren't paying it on everyone just those they hire). Sure if it was bad they might not hire but it was late into the process. Fees for a job application is like paying a fee for a job I have maybe a 1 in 20 chance of EVER hearing back from, and a much lower chance than that of getting.

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It doesn't work that way with jobs in educational, medical or some other jobs in my state. You have to fill out an online job application, and it is not considered for acceptable until the background check is completed (and yes the applicants pay for it). Anyone applying to work in any type of school or medical facility (daycare, public, assisted living facility and so on is verified by the state agencies first). That is the law in my state. I don't agree with it because I think the background check people just want to make money from job applicants. Some banks and retailers are also requiring applicants to pay for the background check. It is because it is expensive and the companies want to make money.

Caregivers
Tutors
Daycare workers
Bus drivers
Kitchen staff
Custodians
Substitute teachers
Educational assistants
Nurses
Lawn care staff
Bus aids
Janitorial staff
Office staff
Volunteers

I was a nurse, we made the hiring decision as a team and then HR would run the background check. The applicant did not have to pay any fees. We also had 150 volunteers, on them the background check is run first because the two week training is intense and expensive and they didn't want to waste it on people who would not be allowed to be a volunteer. But again, they paid no fees for it. My hospital network now belongs to a huge corporation of 89,000 employees, that's a lot of background checks!

The heat index was almost 100 degrees at 1:a.m. and now at 2:p.m., it is 103 degrees heat index.

I feel like I am melting.

Yikes!, it is getting hotter! I am rethinking going back out there away from the fans.

Maybe tomorrow will be better.

I want some autumn!

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Originally Posted by freshstart

I was a nurse, we made the hiring decision as a team and then HR would run the background check. The applicant did not have to pay any fees. We also had 150 volunteers, on them the background check is run first because the two week training is intense and expensive and they didn't want to waste it on people who would not be allowed to be a volunteer. But again, they paid no fees for it. My hospital network now belongs to a huge corporation of 89,000 employees, that's a lot of background checks!

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Can you imagine how much money the background check companies are making? Average cost is $50.00 and some are more.

Had an afternoon group interview but the office's computer system wouldn't access the CBC company, so then I tried at our library, didn't work there either. Don't think they can hire anyone until they resolve that issue.

Afterward, I went to some retail places to see what was going on job wise.

Wal-Mart and some other places are starting people out at $10 an hour now rather than $7.25. I was there in the evening and the managers must have had the night off because there was a lot of employee chatting going on. The store had some really messy areas too. At least there, you don't have to dress fancy like some retailers require. I also checked a Kohls, and the clerks were dressed in T-shirts and slacks (that surprised me). I don't know what they pay though.

I know Wal-Mart pays more than the school system does (that is pitiful isn't it? ) And yes there are college educated people working there too!

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Originally Posted by 19Sandy

I know Wal-Mart pays more than the school system does (that is pitiful isn't it? ) And yes there are college educated people working there too!

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Certainly college educated people work for Walmart. Lawyers are required to have a degree and pass the bar, accountants need the education to be certified, etc. Some have legal requirements (pharmacists, etc).
Why would that be shocking? Some have general studies degree's and are working their way through paying off the degree's and find what jobs they can.

The only job I ever had that required a degree was my editing internship, oddly enough.

For years, I told everyone I had a General Studies degree...Imagine my surprise when I found my diploma and discovered it's is in Arts and Letters. So glad to have nothing in common with Sarah Palin!

My credit card had fraud again and I had to change acct numbers so that meant re-setting up all my auto-pays. Some major retailer had a fraud incident so everyone who had shopped there was getting a new card, I was told. But this has to be at least the 4th or 5th time, annoying

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Originally Posted by freshstart

My credit card had fraud again and I had to change acct numbers so that meant re-setting up all my auto-pays. Some major retailer had a fraud incident so everyone who had shopped there was getting a new card, I was told. But this has to be at least the 4th or 5th time, annoying

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This week, I had that with my CC that I received in May, had activated, BUT NOT USED. Leaves me wondering if they are actually in the CC companies system, since they were able to use the front number and had the back three check digits.
Makes me think about going to all cash even more.

Freshstart, we set up one account that is never ever used for anything but automatic payments. It never leaves the house and is reconciled often thruout the months and we have not had to reset up our payment accounts.

We also use one time numbers on our online purchases.