Self Sabotage - Refusing to allow the Employment Background Check

ajcjobs wrote an interesting piece about background checks for employment screening.

Although regulated by state and federal laws, the general practice of conducting applicant background checks is both acceptable and common. Employers must have your permission, but if you don't give permission, they don't have to hire you.

Job candidates should be aware that background checks are commonplace and refusing to submit to one shows that you do have something to hide, despite the statement by the candidate that he didn't have anything to hide. With at-will employment, the employer doesn't have to hire you.