One in Six Employers Looking At Your Credit Report

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Christopher McKinney

TrueCredit.com, whose parent company is credit reporting agency TransUnion, reports that 16% of employers surveyed use a credit report as part of their regular screening process. That’s one in six companies. (The survey polled 214 people working in human resources. The margin of error is +/- 6.8 percentage points.)

This is especially damaging news as more Americans are looking for work and their credit scores may be taking a beating.

 

Read the story at the Wall Street Journal.

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