Do Background checks go off of your ss # and your name??

spotlite

yes all backgound is off your name, ssn, and date of birth. and it depends on how fast the legal system is.. you are required to be totally honest on your application. usually they ask you for all alias and names you have used.. if you do not disclose this info and they find out it would be cause for dismissal.

redvelvetflames4ever

Absolutely. I recently had to conduct a background check for a prospective employee who applied for a secretarial position. The SS number not only returned with the name listed on her application, but also that the SS number was used under another alias. Needless to say I decided to pursue this a little further and the SS# had been stolen to which I reported immediately to INS and SSA. Did I have to? No. I could have just rejected the application, but she was obviously either here illegally and the real Jane Doe was somewhere out there suffering. So again. Yep. It will come up in the background check in the very heading as so...

Name: Jane Doe
SS# 000-00-0000
Alias: Jane Doe, Sally Doe, Richard Doe...

Very easy to read the report.

patty

yes we are just a number. ssn is all they have to see not your last name anymore. think of people who have been married several times this is the only way to keep track of them.

Expert Realtor

Yes, because background check companies also run what is called a social security trace. This is a report that is based off your credit report, but isn't the same as a credit report...it simply reports addresses where you have lived (that is how they know if you are reporting all states and counties), and any names you have used and various misspellings.

They will conduct the search based off that.

When the report comes back, they will double check for accuracy with what is called "identifyers" which is your social security number (which may or may not be a part of a criminal record) and your date of birth (which is usually on a criminal record).

If there are sufficient matches, it comes back as a "hit". The report states any possible discrepancies and leaves the decision of the employer as to what to do.

There is no magical database where you just plug in someone's social security number and their whole criminal history comes back...that is a myth. Where you lived would be 100% irrelevant if it existed.

Background check companies are PRIVATE companies and ONLY have information that is otherwise a perimissable use of any other business. They do not have access to the same data base as law enforcement agencies...that is a HUGE myth.

Background check companies DO NOT make hiring decisions.

Joy

Your social security number will always be your social security number no matter what your name is or how many times you change your name. So always be honest because they can find out anything they want to through your social security number alone. Don't ever offer information only answer honestly when asked.

ProudM

most bckgrnd checks check to make sure your name matches your ss #, use your ss# to do criminal searches. because of poor data entry there can be mistakes (mismatched names and ss#, more than one person using a ss# and more than one person with the same name. The reader has to go through the results carefully to make sure the data is okay.
BTW - rarely are people given a new ss#.

Anna

yes they would. they usually go off social security number

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