Quoting George Herbert <george.herbert(a)gmail.com>om>:
On Dec 13, 2007 7:12 PM, Avi
<avi.wiki(a)gmail.com> wrote:
It depends on the company. For the companies I
have worked for, a background
check including criminal record check is pretty much standard. Some even
require drug tests, and I work in the financial services industry where
there pretty much is no exposure to child care.
My consulting company does background checks on everyone, and some of
our customers do as well.
Having a DUI conviction or arrest is not a disqualifier for an
executive, financial, or technical job, usually.
Not disclosing it would be grounds for termination if discovered, but
that doesn't seem to apply here.
She wasn't just convicted of drunk driving. According to the Register "Her
record also included convictions for passing bad checks, theft, petty larceny,
additional DUIs, and unlawfully wounding her boyfriend with a gun shot to the
chest"