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Accenture Background Check |
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Bit different for government |
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02/08/2006 |
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First off- the BG is no more or less extensive than any other non-govt/non-securities trading firm you might apply to. They're mainly looking to see that you have no criminal record, no pending felony charges, and to see what your credit status is. This is NOT a CIA job where they're going to go out and ask everybody you ever met if you ever smoked weed. This is separate from reference checking, which is even more of a joke at most levels. Most reference calls just want to know if you actually worked at the place you said you did, and whether or not you worked in some capacity near what you claimed.
Secondly- to acn-hokie's point on project BG's, please note that ACN does NOT institute BG's for projects, any BG's are CLIENT initiated and are the garden variety criminal record, credit report, and overall good citizen variety. In my 4 years at ACN I only had 1 client ever do that, and they were quasi-govt.
Bottom line- unless you have something to be concerned about in your past that you never mentioned on your app (DUIs, restraining orders, pornography experience), you have NOTHING to ever worry about. Stop reading the "horror" stories on this board about BG's. |
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I'll agree with the most part, but point out that if you're on a government client you'll more than likely end up having a background check performed on you as almost all the government clients require some sort of security clearance, even if it's only the stupid "sensitive" clearance which is basically worthless. You have to tell them everything about yourself for the past 7 years. They'll (the FBI, who performs the background checks for all security clearances for government/quasi-government agencies) check a few things on it and then approve it more than likely. In some cases Accenture does background checks, but it's typically as a pre-cursor to a FBI background check. I know at USPS (where I'm at) Accenture hires a firm that does a cursory check to make sure everything is in order to make sure the FBI doesn't send it back for something silly.
Overall though... if you don't lie on a background check, most people don't care. They really don't go into alot of detail in most cases.
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