# Background Check HireRight / Accenture **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 24, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/background-check-hireright-accenture/705496 "2014-11-24T17:27:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Advice\_Seeker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Advice\_Seeker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Advice_Seeker)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/background-check-hireright-accenture/705496/1 "2014-11-24T17:27:13Z")
Past and present Accenture employees - can anyone tell me they ask past employers during background checks? I was asked to give the number of an employers for background checks. I am curious what they will ask them? Also, I am leaving my compensation empty since I understand I have the right not to tell them my salary - is that smart? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/background-check-hireright-accenture/705496/2 "2014-11-24T17:58:55Z")
About the only information that can ask and in turn receive is to confirm your start/end date with your past employer and what role/position you filled. I’m not 100% sure but I don’t even think they can ask/tell details of your performance. ---
**Author:** ![Advice\_Seeker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Advice\_Seeker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Advice_Seeker)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/background-check-hireright-accenture/705496/3 "2014-11-24T19:45:34Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > About the only information that can ask and in turn receive is to confirm your start/end date with your past employer and what role/position you filled. I’m not 100% sure but I don’t even think they can ask/tell details of your performance. Thank you! I am just concerned because I started the interviewing process while I was employed (at a a different company) and by the time they offered me the position (two months later) I was no longer employed (by that company), but I told them I still was employed. I think I will just come clean and tell them before they discover I lied… Thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/background-check-hireright-accenture/705496/4 "2014-11-24T19:59:45Z")
Send an email with your current (updated) resume to your contact (HR rep, hiring manager) at Accenture. Keep details/explanations to a minimum. Simply say you wanted to make sure they had your most current resume for their records and you look forward to working with them in the near future. It’s not a big deal. People change jobs all the time. ---
**Author:** ![andrewm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c57346/32.png) [@andrewm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewm)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/background-check-hireright-accenture/705496/5 "2014-11-24T20:12:23Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > About the only information that can ask and in turn receive is to confirm your start/end date with your past employer and what role/position you filled. I’m not 100% sure but I don’t even think they can ask/tell details of your performance. This is not really accurate. There are generally no laws against sharing information beyond start/end date (including performance). Most organizations, however, do have a policy against doing so, based on the fear that someone might sue them if they say something negative. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/background-check-hireright-accenture/705496/6 "2014-11-24T20:18:42Z")
> [@andrewm](#): > > This is not really accurate. There are generally no laws against sharing information beyond start/end date (including performance). Most organizations, however, do have a policy against doing so, based on the fear that someone might sue them if they say something negative. I stand corrected. Hence my “not 100% sure” disclaimer. ---
**Author:** ![Yarster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/7c8e57/32.png) [@Yarster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yarster)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/background-check-hireright-accenture/705496/7 "2014-11-25T19:09:05Z")
I used to work for a company called Maxim Systems that was acquired by Accenture here in San Diego because they wanted a bigger presence in the defense industry. As such, I wasn’t ‘hired in’ the way you will be, but I certainly participated in a number of interviews for new staff members and consultants in our group. Regarding interviews of former employers by HR, I have no idea since I was on the technical side, but in my experience, other employers will only confirm dates of employment due to fear of lawsuits. The way you find out if someone is a problem employee is by asking ‘are they eligible for re-hire?’ If the answer is ‘no’, especially if it is at a recent employer, you may not get the job. The fact you were employed when you started the interview process and you aren’t now is not the sort of thing I would advertise to Accenture. Your recent employment is ‘close enough’ and not a dealbreaker in my opinion. By offering up the fact you are no longer employed, it will do two potentially negative things: 1) make Accenture dig deeper into why you are no longer employed…which is fine as long as it was a simple lay off and not performance/personality issues and 2) make them possibly offer you a lower salary because they know you are bit more ‘desperate’ not having a job.