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I was recently interviewed and waiting for HR to contact me. What clearance form will I have to fill out if recommended for a position? I do have some negative credit history due to divorce, long custody battle (and I know have custody) , and then 2 surgeries within 3 months. Of course, I'm trying to clean this up on my credit...but I do not want to take a huge risk of not signing my current contract in a regular state school if my credit is going to play a huge role into the security clearance. Thoughts?

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haha They generally do a credit check as part of the background check. It's hard to say exactly what it would take to disqualify you. I know of people with bankruptcies etc. that have still been hired so it really is a case by case basis. I think that things like defaulted federal student loans, IRS issues, etc. would be greater problems but even those ...See More
Jun 5, 2018


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