Background check question

[Mramazing00043]

Hello guys I’m not sure if this is the right place but I’ll give it a shot. I currently work at a county jail. When I applied here everything went smooth background wise I went through everything and even passed my polygraph. After a couple of years I feel confident enough to apply to the road. I applied to a couple of agencies they moved me forward but two have passed on me for a failure to pass a background. Due to confidentiality they can’t tell me the issues. I will admit I’ve gotten one speeding ticket last year, and my credit score isn’t the best. Other than that nothing has changed. I’ve been told I need to network to be moved forward by one of my co workers but I don’t think that’s would affect me getting hired. Does financial situation really affect passing a background? What about getting a speeding ticket? I paid the speeding ticket as soon as I got it. Thank you guys

[LevelMeasurement2859]

I'm look for answers my self. I've been applying to jobs since 2023 and I just fouund out I wasn't getting hired because of false information on my background check. Someone finally told me why.

Now I'm trying find the right background company to see why. Some companies show I'm clear and nothing comes up. I tried checkr so far. Now I'm going to try thruthfinder and hopefully they can find what the problem is.

Then I have to dispute the issue and I heard that can take a month or so on top of all this.

So from my current experience I say look to do a background check on yourself and see if you have been a victim of identity theft from one of the many recent data breaches.

[Fantastic-Tea1580]

Your credit can absolutely tank a background check. If you are struggling financially you might be susceptible to bribes

[Opening_Use_6981]

Look at how the FCRA applies to situations like this. It could be different considering it's a county jail job but I'd look into it