After The Offer

You finally find your dream job, the perfect role in the perfect company. You not only get an interview, but you get an offer. Ecstatic at the thought of working at your ideal company, you emphatically say yes, and ask, "When can I start?" But you are not out of the woods yet. Little things can still go wrong. We would like to share some of our post acceptance problems with you so if something like this happens to you, you will know to stay calm, not take it personally, and have some ideas on how to resolve the problem.

In one case the hiring company called to verify a candidate's degree and the school stated the candidate did not have a degree from their college. The school had a fire and in recreating their records not only spelled the candidate's name wrong, but also had a typo in his social security number, so when called regarding the candidate's degree the school said they had no record of him. The candidate affirmed he did indeed have a degree and in fact had a scholarship to the small college. ProSearch got involved. We called the school and because the candidate did indeed have a scholarship someone in the purser's office remembered him. All was straightened out.

In another instance a client ran a background and credit check on a candidate and discovered the candidate had bad credit. The candidate said she knew nothing about it. After a few phone calls we learned someone else with a different social security number was showing up on her credit report. A few phone calls later things were straightened out.

While running another background check our client discovered our candidate had a felony record. The candidate swore he knew nothing about it. Later we discovered the "felony" was for a rental item valued under $25 that was late. The candidate paid the late charges and all was forgiven.

In another case, a candidate said she had a degree and ProSearch called to verify. We discovered the candidate, though she attended the school, did not graduate. The role did not require a degree, but because the candidate had lied she lost the job.

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