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Public Trust background check and credit issues
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2018 3:45 pm
by Anonymous User
Anyone have any experience with credit bad enough to be a problem for passing one of these in federal hiring? Wondering if a medical collections account is enough to cause issues. Thanks.
Re: Public Trust background check and credit issues
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2018 4:02 pm
by albanach
Anonymous User wrote:Anyone have any experience with credit bad enough to be a problem for passing one of these in federal hiring? Wondering if a medical collections account is enough to cause issues. Thanks.
Is this unpaid or in collections? It's going to be a bigger problem if you have an outstanding debt than if you have a debt that was paid late.
Re: Public Trust background check and credit issues
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2018 8:05 pm
by Anonymous User
I was told that the only per se bars to employment were post-bar drug use, failure to pay taxes, and default on student loans. That said, bad credit isn't great, but I think that if you can show you have a plan in place to address the debt you should be okay.
Re: Public Trust background check and credit issues
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2018 9:20 pm
by Anonymous User
OP here. Working on the account.
Thanks for the helpful replies!