CRIMINAL RECORDS IN EMPLOYMENT HIRING

WHAT ARE CRIMINAL RECORDS?

Criminal records are documentation of people’s criminal histories compiled on federal, state and local levels by law enforcement agencies. Criminal records will usually list non-expunged offenses.

WHEN ARE THEY USED?

• Criminal records are for employers mostly, to find out how long was an applicant’s criminal activity. Regulatory agencies are also beginning to use criminal records to see the eligibility for occupational licenses which agencies check to see if a person had convictions of offenses that will bear fitness to license in that occupation.

CAN I CHECK MY OWN CRIMINAL RECORDS?• While websites are all popping up claiming they can give you access

for you to take a peek at your criminal records, the safest ways are to ask the criminal records from the jurisdiction where you had convictions.

CAN CRIMINAL RECORDS BLOCK OPPORTUNITIES IN CERTAIN JOBS?

• Yes, criminal records can block opportunities in some jobs like in certain circumstances, criminal records can ban employment from banks and other companies that has sensitive information while felony convictions on criminal records have restrictions on having possession or using guns and are unable to work in a job that requires them to carry a firearm.

Go to www.govpublicaccess.com

to know how to Run Criminal Background Check.