Posted on Monday, 23rd January 2012 by Eden Fryett
The New York Times is reporting that a new study by Louisiana State University is about to be released which shows no link between a person’s credit score and their behavior on the job.
Many more employers have been jumping on the credit score bandwagon, pulling credit scores of potential job candidates as part of the interview and screening process for employment. Those looking to work in government jobs or in finance typically need a strong credit score to get employment offers. But now the new study is showing that a job applicant’s credit history may not have a valid link to their potential behavior at work. It is noted that employers do not actually have access to the credit scores of applicants but do get to see credit history data which is used to calculate the applicant’s score.
Over all the study conducted at LSU’s business school showed that low credit scores were not able to be linked to how a person would act in a job. For exa
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our country called the “unbanked.” These are people from a variety of backgrounds and for any number of reasons simply don’t show up on the radar of the banking system or they have been denied access to checking and savings accounts.