[TheForge] Criminal Background Check

[Grover.Richardson at gtri.gatech.edu]

You can change your name, you can get a social security card in the name of a child who died prematurely in your area (so that your knowledge of the area would be authentic), you can grow your hair and beard, but you can't easily change your fingerprints.  Either do a job well or don't bother<G>.

-----Original Message-----
From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Polaski
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 12:16 PM
To: Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Criminal Background Check

I don't think I agree with the fingerprints, but I can understand the
motivation. If you were in charge of a park, and had gotten ripped off a
few times you'd be more cautious about hiring. I'd think a regular
criminal check would be fine, though. Maybe they are worried about
someone signing up with a false ID or something, but checking
fingerprints still seems a bit much.


Jeff Polaski

> -----Original Message-----
> From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:theforge-
> bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of wmullett at bright.net
> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 8:04 AM
> To: Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA
> Subject: [TheForge] Criminal Background Check
>
>
> I volunteer at Zoar, Ohio which is a historical site run by the Ohio
> Historical Society.  They now require a criminal background check of
all
> their volunteers.  I don't have a problem with that except the check
> mandates that you must submit your fingerprints.
>
> Why would anyone want to be put in that database where some "expert"
might
> conclude that your prints match some partials they collected?
>
> Walt