why an employer want fingerprinted a person before hiring that person ? what is behind that fingerprinting?

Answer 1

To do a background check. Some people use differnt names & even ss#. So with a finger print you can find a criminal record that does not lie.

Answer 2

The fingerprints allow the employer to establish your identity and make sure that you are the person you say you are. Furthermore, it then gives them the opportunity to run the identity through different databases to detemine if you have a criminal record. Some jobs do this on their own; however, other employers are required by law to do this. For instance, banks are required by law to have the fingerprints of their employees searched since they are close to significant amounts of money.

Answer 3

Anyone who has committed a crime will have their fingerprints on record. They usually submit them to the State Police to see if you have a criminal record. This is just a standard background check--don't take it personally. My parents didn't do background checks at first. They had at least one employee who lied about her background, and it caused them a great deal of problems.

Answer 4

It also depends on the type of job. There are laws requiring people performing certain functions to be fingerprinted and background checked.

The explosives and pyrotechnic industries are one example.

Answer 5

I would ask "May I ask what the fingerprinting is for?" If they say it is for a background check, they MUST have you sign a form giving them permission to do a background check.

Answer 6

just incase of an emergance i guess or if they go phsyco and they need the fingerprint for the police but other than that im not sure

Answer 7

Part of the finger printing law passed in 1999. They do a back ground check using your finger print.

Answer 8

To check your criminal record / history with the police.