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Human error.
Exactly - I've been vetted more thoroughly than by an employer background check, but, what do you know, something was messed up on my last one and delayed the approval by a couple days, and someone reached out for more information from me. Could have been much worse also caused my human error.
You have nothing to gain from giving notice, so why do it earlier than you need to? Don't put the cart before the horse. Wait for the check to clear and then you can let your employer know
the not eligible for rehire happens a lot for whatever internal reason. i have heard that some companies will immediately walk you out after you give notice. if you have a hiccup like above, you may have problems.
You never know - my college had me down as not graduating (!!!!!!!!!!!!!) and I never found that out until my background check for Deloitte, because no other company I’ve worked for looked into it to confirm my transcript/degree. Took 6 weeks of back and forth with the registrar to get it cleared up and get my start date set.
“Clean” can be relative. For example, I was once on a USPS project that didn’t want anyone who had been out of the country more than a total of 6 months over the last 5 years.
Exemptions were allowed, but it was super annoying for hiring out of college, hiring international resources, etc
I worked at a restaurant in college for one summer that has had a lot of turnover since. During a background check, a new manager that never interacted with me told the background check people that I was “not eligible for rehire”. This prompted back and forth between me and the background check group to resolve this. Extended my onboarding timeline
Should say that I was a valued employee and built some great relationships with my coworkers. I still dine there and sometimes if a team members notices me I’ll get a free dessert or food item
Exactly C1. I left off short tenure lifeguarding jobs with companies and bosses I could not remember today. No problems or questions asked about those, lol
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