Sealed Record Affected Job
I hope I still get help on this since I just typed out the whole situation so I could get the best advice without a ton of questions but this site decided to tell me I wasn't logged in when I went to post it (but I was and lost the whole thing). Long story short. My record was sealed 2yrs ago. I signed up with an employment agency who offered me a job with one of their clients. I excepted the job and okayed a backround check. My start date was 01/10. While filling out my W2 and the other paperwork associated with starting a job, I was told to stop and meet with a woman in the office. She proceeded to tell me that an active drug possession charge showed up. Yes I was arrested 4 yrs ago with that charge but as I said it was dropped and charges dismissed. I have the letter stating that my record was sealed and charges deleted. So bottom line is that this company gave faulty info that cost me a decent paying job. What can I do? Please ask if you have any questions. I'm just not going to type it all over again at the moment, but I have no problem answering them.
Thank you for any help.
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I hope I still get help on this since I just typed out the whole situation so I could get the best advice without a ton of questions but this site decided to tell me I wasn't logged in when I went to post it (but I was and lost the whole thing). Long story short. My record was sealed 2yrs ago. I signed up with an employment agency who offered me a job with one of their clients. I excepted the job and okayed a backround check. My start date was 01/10. While filling out my W2 and the other paperwork associated with starting a job, I was told to stop and meet with a woman in the office. She proceeded to tell me that an active drug possession charge showed up. Yes I was arrested 4 yrs ago with that charge but as I said it was dropped and charges dismissed. I have the letter stating that my record was sealed and charges deleted. So bottom line is that this company gave faulty info that cost me a decent paying job. What can I do? Please ask if you have any questions. I'm just not going to type it all over again at the moment, but I have no problem answering them.
Thank you for any help.
No company gave any faulty information. The information they recieved through running the background check came from the courthouse that poosted that information. If you want to blame anyone, start with your court system.
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Okay correction. Because this company gave out information that they should not have been able to obtain I lost the job. This company states that their information is updated every 30 days. And if a county does not forward info to them they go out and get it. How is it possible that they have info on me then. I am unable to find it anywhere on my own by going to the county or the arresting court's records. I have had backround checks done on me by the gov. If they can't pull it up how did this company. Sorry for the confussion by using the word "faulty". Please ingnore that part.
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What type of job had you applied for?
What is the name of your state - you didn't furnish it.
Thanks.
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Okay correction. Because this company gave out information that they should not have been able to obtain I lost the job. This company states that their information is updated every 30 days. And if a county does not forward info to them they go out and get it. How is it possible that they have info on me then. I am unable to find it anywhere on my own by going to the county or the arresting court's records. I have had backround checks done on me by the gov. If they can't pull it up how did this company. Sorry for the confussion by using the word "faulty". Please ingnore that part.
It's a public record and I suspect that the record has not yet been changed in the state records to reflect them being sealed.
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I'm sorry this is in the state of Ohio. I did post that in the original post that I lost. The job was through an employment agency so I don't know the name of the actual company. As far as the records they are not publicly available. They are sealed. I have checked and they also did not come up on backround checks done by the gov. So they are sealed.
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The record has been sealed for 2yrs and has never come up in other backround checks
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Well the only other question I have is, did this position require any sort of security clearance? If it did even a the basic level, the background could have been run through the FBI and there are no sealed records for them. Just a thought. Other than that, I can't tell you, how those records werew made available.
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No the check was not made through the FBI. It came from a company based off the enternet. Who bottom line don't have their information updated, but claim it gets updated every 30days. My question really is what can be done about it?
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No the check was not made through the FBI. It came from a company based off the enternet. Who bottom line don't have their information updated, but claim it gets updated every 30days. My question really is what can be done about it?
Your beef is with the company who did the check, not necessarily the potential employer. I would go to the courthouse and get a background check and, at a minimum, tell the employer they are incorrect, show them the court document, and inform them that the company they're getting their information from isn't on the up-and-up.