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  A reply on Conversation: Should employers not hire you or fire you when they discover your bad credit history?

  Mar 3 2013: I think omitting information on a resumé is not lying if you are looking to customize a resumé for a specific employer. Embellishing however is something that should not be done, but it's too subjective.

• A reply on Conversation: Should employers not hire you or fire you when they discover your bad credit history?

  Mar 3 2013: I'm ok with getting a background check on my previous work experience and education, but not ok with them basing their hiring decision on credit score.

• A reply on Conversation: Should employers not hire you or fire you when they discover your bad credit history?

  Mar 1 2013: Exactly how I would feel if I was hired.

• A reply on Conversation: Should employers not hire you or fire you when they discover your bad credit history?

  Feb 27 2013: Okay, pat yourself on the back for that one.

• A reply on Conversation: Should employers not hire you or fire you when they discover your bad credit history?

  Feb 23 2013: like you said, not everyone will accept the above, but you also cannot assume that it's a 100% proven. It also has to be taken into consideration personal life situations that for some reason were not manageable. Many elements have to be considered for these "proven" studies to apply. It will most likely apply to people with lesser opportunities being how they were raised, their environment, family support for success, education etc, which will relate more to bad or poor time, financial and resource management. I also believe the employer has to consider the best employee possible, but we fall back on the fact that if this was the only or most important criteria, people with bad credit should not even bother to apply. There has to be a common ground.

• A reply on Conversation: Should employers not hire you or fire you when they discover your bad credit history?

  Feb 12 2013: Amazing testimony. Thank You!
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  A reply on Conversation: Should employers not hire you or fire you when they discover your bad credit history?

  Feb 8 2013: Wow, someone feels bothered! I didn't post the debate to describe my situation exclusively, but a wider spectrum of a lot of people who are in this situation. It's a TED conversation, not therapy.

• A reply on Conversation: Should employers not hire you or fire you when they discover your bad credit history?

  Feb 8 2013: I don't have to flip it around because I'm only saying that they should not discriminate if a job applicant had bad credit. Again, with your reasoning, all people with bad credit shouldn't even bother to apply for a job.

• A reply on Conversation: Should employers not hire you or fire you when they discover your bad credit history?

  Feb 8 2013: Wow...Kunal, your comment is greatly appreciated. Very sound and logical I might add.The analogy with depression is a excellent metaphor and base for comparison.
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  A reply on Conversation: Should employers not hire you or fire you when they discover your bad credit history?

  Feb 7 2013: This is a immensely generalized way of thinking...again, it's not what you think of a person due to their credit, it's whether they are a good potential employee or not. Bad credit does not automatically black-mark a person's character, you don't even know the circumstances (*not reasons) they got in debt in the first place.