E-QIP/background check
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Anonymous
| I'm doing E-QIP now and have my fingerprinting appointment next week for a position with the FDA. While filling out the E-QIP it says they may contact my current employer. Does anyone have experience with this and know if they do and what it entails? I don't want to tell my current job until I have the final offer/start date but I don't want them to say anything weird when contacted (or get mad I didn't tell them I'm leaving). |
Anonymous
| They mail them a form to complete. |
Anonymous
Thanks! Do you know what the form says? Will it be obvious it's for a job? |
Anonymous
| It's fairly obvious it's for another job. Why else would your employer get a form from OPM asking about you and trustworthiness? If they have any common sense, they will make the connection that this is for a new job. It's your call but if they are sending out form and you don't want your employer to be surprised, now is the time to let them know. |
Anonymous
| They usually contact HR at your current employer not the direct supervisor. |
Anonymous
That is not correct for a Federal background. They contact both. |
Anonymous
| If you are getting fingerprinted, you already have the job from the govt perspective. Call HR and get them to email you the offer letter immediately. |
Anonymous
| If you're found eligible for an interim clearance, you'll almost certainly start your job long before OPM gets around to doing your investigation - which is when the verification form will go out to what will then be your former employer. |
Anonymous
| OP here. Thanks everyone. I have an offer letter but it says it's a tentative offer and not give notice to my current job until I have the final offer and start date. I work in a really small office now so there is no HR. We have 1 office manager but if they call or send a letter the whole office will know BUT I also don't want to give notice when the offer letter specifically says don't. |
Anonymous
I wouldn't go get fingerprinted and start getting processed by the government for a tentative offer. It doesn't sound like HR knows what they are doing. I would call them and find out what is going on. |
Anonymous
| Does the job require the clearance to be processed before you start? Then yes, I would wait as long as possible before telling your current job? If not and you have a start date, I would give notice. |
Anonymous
Do not listen to this person. The fingerprints are required as part of the preliminary check before you get your final offer. |
Anonymous
| Sounds like the final offer is contigent on you background check. |
Anonymous
| Yes, your final offer is definitely contingent upon your successful background investigation (or interim, depending on the job). But frequently interims aren't acceptable for higher clearance jobs, so you could be waiting quite a while. |
Anonymous
It's not a high clearance job. |