As an employer, I will let you know that the CableTV and telephone companies are starting to require that contractors perform background and/or drug tests. It's a liability and preventive issue. If you are not hired and you are told you didn't pass the background, they should provide a copy of the results to you. I'm not sure, but you might have to pay for the report (I know I have to pay for the reports). If you tell the employer that you don't have a record and background check proves otherwise, that could jeopardize your employment, too. For example, I have hired guys with records for jobs that didn't require background checks. However, it depended on the record. If someone has been convicted of burglary, for example, I am probably not going to hire that person to go inside someone's house to install anything. Just my opinion. But this business is lean, and I can't afford to have a problem like that come up, especially knowing I could have avoided the problem.
All that said, I know lots of companies have less-strict hiring requirements, but then I also think a lot of them are the ones who like to jack around with paychecks....
Anyway, good luck to you.
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