Could I be turned down for a job at a dealership selling cars for bad credit?

Question

They run a background report and credit history. I was thinking they maybe do that for cashiers and accountants more.

Answer 1

KEVIN: It is discrimination. Any time you ACKNOWLEDGE to people are not identical, you have discriminated between them. Discrimination on the basis of credit score is not only legal, it is perfectly legitimate. Would you want to file out a credit application and had it to someone with a bad credit history? I doubt it.

Answer 2

Unfortunately, YES. Why?

When a person is living outside their means, they are more likely than those who live within them to pilfer. You may be a priest, reverend, former member of the National Security Agency. It does not matter.

People who hire also need to look at the POTENTIAL of a new hire to rip off their customers and themselves. Companies have to protect themselves from their employees.

It is interesting because right now, I am sure you are thinking how can a person with bad credit get a better job to clean it up when I cannot get a job.
If you are in the process of cleaning up your credit, you may be forgiven but, you will need to be honest and let them know up front, they will find some bad information when they perform the credit check.

Answer 3

JAY... How is that not discrimination? They may take your credit score into account but they probably won't tell you if that was the deciding factor in whether or not you get the job. That sounds like discrimination to me.