<p>Soon to be college graduate here. I just got a job offer where a company which states the following conditions.</p>
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<li>Third party Background and reference check</li>
<li>Drug Test</li>
<li>Documentation to work in the US</li>
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<p>For background check will they get my transcript/other information from the school or should I send it to them myself?</p>
<p>Thanks again, very nice forum I learned a lot reading even though this is my first post.</p>
<p>I am almost fully sure your permission is needed to see your transcript.</p>
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<p>Yes. Federal privacy law in the US requires your permission to see your transcript and/or your GPA. The school can acknowledge that you graduated and your degree without your permission, though.</p>
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<p>The company performing the background check will contact you and ask for you everything they need. Don’t worry about doing anything until they ask for it.</p>
<p>BanjoHitter is far more experienced then me and a very good poster; but last summer for my internship, a company did a background check. The education check was just verification that I was a student and scheduled to graduate a certain date. The company asked for transcripts about a week or two before I started.</p>
<p>Depending on the company, there may also be credit checks or other checks involved.</p>
<p>On the drug test, be careful to avoid things that may cause false positives like poppy seed rolls. Or unintended true positives like brownies of unknown origin or secondhand smoke.</p>
<p>For work eligibility in the US, see the I-9 form for accepted documents:
[USCIS</a> - I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification](<a href=“http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=31b3ab0a43b5d010VgnVCM10000048f3d6a1RCRD&vgnextchannel=db029c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD]USCIS”>http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=31b3ab0a43b5d010VgnVCM10000048f3d6a1RCRD&vgnextchannel=db029c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD)</p>
<p>Sounds like a pretty standard request for any job these days.</p>
<p>Standard stuff. When they ask for it sign the release form and let them do what they need to do. However, having been in a situation where one person told me they would need a copy of my dipolma and another person told me no we don’t need that. I would get a copy of your transcript and keep it handy just in case somebody changes their mind at the last minute. Then even if they want the offical transcript in a sealed envelope they should be willing to take a copy and order an original to arrive later and not interfer with your start date. (It is a good thing I had that dipolma in my brief case that day.)</p>
<p>Is what ucb posted true about drug tests? I have never done any illegal drugs in my life but that scares me a bit because my roommates all smoke.</p>