It amazes me how much data is available on any given individual these days compared to just a couple of decades ago when there was no internet (it was barely there). The link above with the list of sites on which you can search for people is interesting. A username search?! Wow.

Hi guys, I would like to receive your feedback about the following issue:

At the beginning of the year I have applied, with success, to a top business school, whose program will start at January 2013. When I submitted my application, I was under a promotion and role change phase and I put the prospected new role into the application form. I passed all the interviews for the promotion, with success, but just after I said to both my boss and HR that I would have attended an MBA at the beginning of next year, the HR department put my promotion on hold ... whereas my boss is still fighting with HR to give me the promotion. So far they gave me only the new job title, without promotion. How you can imagine, I am anxious about this situation, because in few weeks I will start the Kroll background check and I do not know whether this hassle can represent a solid point to be used by the school to reject their offer.
Do you think that Kroll is able to find out this fact? What I should do? I am too way anxious about that ...
Thanks

Yes, it's pretty easy for a school to find out about your educational history so I wouldn't advise you to lie about it. Most full-time programs have rules specifying whether they accept applications from people in part-time or executive MBA programs, so I'd recommend looking into those details for any full-time programs you're considering.
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This is my favorite thread. So much of it is painfully obvious that people lied heavily on their applications and want to see if it's going to hurt them. Or they want to see how much they can lie and get away with. Hilarious.

I agree that there could be guys here who are in that camp. However, there are also posters who are anxious about these checks because there are possible areas that aren't necessarily verifiable from a quick phone call.

Simply put, I think that it is best that all applicants put their best foot forward but also make sure that everything they write is also verifiable if it ever came to that point too. That way they won't have to freak out about these checks.

Does Kroll verify employment with the manager/recommender or through your HR dept (for large companies). I'm asking this because for my previous job, I wasn't getting paid by that company...it was through a contract through an outside party. I had the same responsibilities as the regular employees, same managers, same title, etc.

How about background checks for International students, how does kroll go about doing those, as I am sure its much harder to get info.

I'm also interested in this.

Seeing how most business schools have student bodies that are >30% international, I'm pretty sure Kroll has experience getting the information they need regardless of your work or educational background. If they can't find something they'll ask you for assistance.
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To add another question to the stressful, yet probably no reason to stress about it, background check thread...

Does anyone know if they get access to your work's performance reviews? Obviously, they verify the company, title, salary, etc, but anything more than that?

I realize there are a bunch of applicants/matriculating folks to review so I'm 99.9% sure the answer to my question is "no" just based on resources/time, but I wanted to check just to be sure!
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