Leave credit checks to MasterCard (Editor’s notes)

Credit score not the best 'litmus test' of candidate's trustworthiness

Credit checks as part of pre-employment screening for some positions have come under fire from Canadian privacy watchdogs (see “Tread carefully with credit checks: Privacy commissioner,” ) and there have been calls in the United States to ban the practice altogether.

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