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If you don't have a license, I imagine it'd be quite difficult for them to find out that you worked there, especially if you don't get paychecks or anything.
Possible 'paper trails' that have a high probability of turning up during a background check ...
1099's issued in your name by a strip club / webcam host with an easily recognizable corporate name
Tax returns filed with such 1099's listed as line items
County / city dancer's licenses do create a paper trail, but counties and cities are not usually part of any major state-wide searchable database. Thus, unless someone knew where to look or made a specific effort to go looking, these aren't likely to turn up during any standard background check. However, they probably WILL turn up in an exhaustive background check i.e. needed for a security clearance / certain high profile jobs. And the odds of city / county dancer's licenses turning up during a background check also drop tremendously if the city / county that issued the license is NOT the city / county where the dancer and/or potential employer are located !
In truth, probably the biggest risk of a background check turning up the fact that you are / were an exotic dancer would be the result of a (bogus) club bust. In that situation, your personal info, the original (bogus) charge, and the eventual disposition ( fine, plea bargain, guilty verdict etc.), will wind up being entered into a state criminal database which is readily accessible to any 'qualified' investigator ( including potential employers ). The only ways that this will NOT happen is if A. you go to trial and are actually found innocent ( in which case you can request that your record be expunged ) or B. you wait X years ( varies by state ), and bring a new court action at your own expense requesting expungement of your record despite the fact that your case was disposed of via a fine / probation / plea bargain etc.
There are certain jobs where this could be an issue - teaching is the big one!! I'm not sure how health admin will view it - is there anyone that you could anonymously ask? Usually background checks are concerned with criminal records only, so I wouldn't be too concerned.
If you aren't getting a paycheck and you pay your own taxes, then you are not an employee.
I honestly don't think that this would be a problem...
You will be fine.
I'm wondering what kind of club you're working at if you're not an independent contractor? Do you get paid by the hour? How does that work?
I've worked as both a substitute teacher and a goverment official, both with extensive background checks, and neither one ever found out about my past. I danced in Illinois and Indiana where I didn't need a license so there was no record. I did work at a club where I was paid, but I was listed as a waitress I believe and the company was nothing adult in nature.
^^^ which illustrates the importance of the 'recognizeability' of the name of the company that issues 1099's to dancers. If a 1099 issued in the name 'Ricks' or 'DejaVu' or 'Scores' or 'Hustler' or another well known strip club chain shows up during a background check, it's pretty certain that the investigator / employer can quickly deduce what sort of 'work' the attractive female job applicant was doing for these companies. On the other hand, if the name of the company that issued 1099's to a dancer is totally obscure, the investigator / employer has no way of knowing from the name alone whether that company runs a strip club, a restaurant, a janitorial service, a health club etc.
Other than working for a high name recognition chain of strip clubs, IMHO the highest probability of developing future background check problems is undoubtedly the potential for a (bogus) club bust creating an entry in the criminal records database. Regardless of the fact that the bust may have been bogus, it's always expensive, time consuming, and difficult to have a record of a bust totally erased from that criminal records database. This problem is usually aggravated by the fact that the grounds for a (bogus) club bust usually carries a 'misdemeanor sex crime' categorization ... which makes it nearly impossible for an investigator / employer to differentiate whether the bust occurred for wearing too skimpy of a bikini bottom, or for dancing too close to a customer, or for giving the customer a BJ ! Again in most jurisdictions it also doesn't matter whether or not the dancer was actually guilty of the charge leveled against her ... unless an 'expungement' is ordered by a judge, the charge will still show up in the criminal records database.
Expanding on Kelly's experiences, while I don't actively use them, despite the fact that there are probably 100+ 'paper trails' showing that I was a dancer / adult entertainer ( including adult web and video ), I was able to renew my state professional licenses for Respiratory Therapy in both NY and NJ without any problems whatsoever ( all they cared about was paying the money ! ). And I could undoubtedly get hired by virtually any hospital in those states based on my previous Respiratory Therapy work experience and industry connections ... AS LONG AS the hospital was not run by a private religious organization. The point of course is that some employers care about the prospective workers' ability to do the job ... while other employers care far more about 'appearances'. Unfortunately, religious organization run health care facilities are joined by certain banks, schools, gov't agencies, etc. in regard to the latter. These generally fall under the category of 'public trust' jobs ... i.e. jobs involving working with other people's bodies, other people's money, and especially other people's children !
And of course, in a high structural unemployment level economy where prospective employers have far more 'fully qualified' job applicants to choose from, those prospective employers can 'cover their own asses' by 'accidentally losing' job applications submitted by anyone who has any 'controversial' issues appearing on their resume' and/or background check.
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I'm a bit confused too. You're not and independent contractor and you don't recieve a paycheck, yet you think you're an employee.
That's interesting that a religious organization would deny while no one else would. I know in the case where I was paid the company also owned a few family restaurants and I believe the check was from this name. It wasn't a chain but rather owned by a family. I've had several interviews with religious organizations and one offered me a job about 6 years ago (I turned it down for a better paying one).