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^^she's successful because she married rich and jumped on her 15 minutes of fame when her husband was arrested. whether you think that's admirable or wrong, you can't argue that she's a realistic role model, especially for those of us looking to enter the corporate world. marrying rich =/= successful corporate career.
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One of the biggest secrets about the corporate world is that many successful businesswoman, lawyers, etc were strippers. This obviously is never talked about but it happens more than people think. However, many women (probably most)hide it because like it or not there is still a stigma against dancing. Also, many top actresses and models were also strippers.
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Nuclear Martini
Thanks. Actually, I was already hired prior to the background/credit check. I will start in January and I guess that is where I'll meet the HR lady I spoke to over the phone.
Good! I think its just luck of the draw. Some employers won't care / will believe whatever you say, and some will care enough to automatically reject you. Its almost like its up to their own sense of morals I guess. But then again, in this economy (with so many applicants for just 1 position), it pretty much comes down to the employer (or HR representative) ending up picking the person they like the most anyway- since a lot of the people being interviewed have the same strengths/qualifications.
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You can remove it from your credit reports (all 3) for free online, I've done it and have a medical license and current full time vanilla job using such license. I passed state, national, and company background checks. You can also put an immediate freeze on each report for $10 a piece if you're in a pinch (I.e. interview tomorrow) because the removal process takes 1-6 weeks generally. The credit bureaus do not question it, just explain the information is inaccurate and/or outdated.
If you put a security freeze on your reports no one can view it except the government and existing creditors. It can be removed instantly by you 24/7 online. Just remove it once you've passed the background check.
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Laurisa
You can remove it from your credit reports (all 3) for free online, I've done it and have a medical license and current full time vanilla job using such license. I passed state, national, and company background checks. You can also put an immediate freeze on each report for $10 a piece if you're in a pinch (I.e. interview tomorrow) because the removal process takes 1-6 weeks generally. The credit bureaus do not question it, just explain the information is inaccurate and/or outdated.
If you put a security freeze on your reports no one can view it except the government and existing creditors. It can be removed instantly by you 24/7 online. Just remove it once you've passed the background check.
I'm still in the "curious/waiting-to-get-my-butt-in-shape" phase, but this is something I've wondered heavily about. (I have done an amateur night, so.. at least that bit's out of the way! haha..heh..ehhhh...) I'm working a crap job, and waiting to see if I'm accepted back to school in February. If you pay taxes on your income as (if I recall correctly) an Independent Contractor, will it still be something you can handle this easily? I've obviously never had to do it, but would you have to label your position as "dancer/entertainer" with respective club name? That would come up also, I'm assuming. Sorry if I'm being a dummy lol. ^___^
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There are lots of other threads on this subject, both in the Camming forum and in Dollar Den. In a nutshell ...
- if the straight job career you're shooting for does NOT involve a profession, or the 'public trust', unless you are actually busted for something the 'paper trail' created by stripping or camming probably isn't going to hurt you.
- for careers involving the 'public trust' i.e. law enforcement, banking, education, gov't etc. the in-depth background check is more than likely going to turn up 1099 IRS income reports ... which may raise eyebrows if the names of the payers are things like Hustler, StreaMates, Scores etc. These may take some explaining !!!
- for careers that involve a professional license, i.e. nursing, CPA, teaching etc. , the state professional license board will more than likely turn up the same 1099 IRS income reports. However, these state professional license boards are free to set a standard for 'professional conduct'. Thus even though dancing at DeJaVu or camming through StreaMates may be 100% legal, the professional licencing boards may consider a person seeking a professional license who has worked in the adult entertainment industry to be guilty of 'unprofessional conduct'. This in turn can result in a citation plus a cover letter in the person's professional license file which will immediately inform any prospective employer that the person on whom they are verifying that a professional license exists has an adult entertainment industry background.
And yes, setting up an LLC or S-Corp to receive payments from strip clubs and/or webcam hosts does provide an additional 'degree of separation'. With a corporation in place, the 1099's from Hustler, StreaMates, Scores etc. show the name and tax ID number of your corporation and not your own name and social security number. This greatly reduces the chances that a connection will be made if a prospective employer / state professional licensing agency checks tax records based only on the person's name and social security number ( which will only show payments from of your own corporation to you personally ).
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FYI:
The licensing board isn't a panel out on a witch hunt to find out if you used to be a stripper. You send in your educational credentials, applicable testing scores and money order/check, and any criminal convictions. They verify your information and send you a license within 4-8 weeks. Usually it's a person (or a small group) who checks a PO box the state owns where applications are mailed.
There is no special "board meeting" like congress that looks through tax records and bank statements to find out about secret jobs you used to have. A state and federal criminal check and phone call to the college or university records dept is about the depth they go, at most.
Don't believe me? I've been through it. And if you are really going to let some scary fear of being found out through tax records stop you from pursuing your dream, then that's your own fault. There is such a thing as an appeal, and if you are qualified they will license you. There are medical professionals with DUI and drug convictions who still practice, and the LARA knows about it too!!
If you want to get hired by the federal government that is different, I can't say the extent of their checks. But jobs that involve state licenses are handled by the state licensing and regulatory authority (LARA) ... Same people who issue medical marihuana cards ... And are not on a witch hunt for your porno past.
-Laurisa
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Melonie
...- for careers involving the 'public trust' i.e. law enforcement, banking, education, gov't etc. the in-depth background check is more than likely going to turn up 1099 IRS income reports ... which may raise eyebrows if the names of the payers are things like Hustler, StreaMates, Scores etc. These may take some explaining !!!
Highly unlikely. For a 1099 to be released as a part of a background check, the taxpayer would have to sign an IRS form 4506T allowing the service to release a transcript of their tax returns. And, that's a transcript, not a copy of the return so no 1099's are included. Thus, unless the taxpayer listed each stripclub individually somewhere on the return (and there is no line for 1099s by individual reporter) then it is very unlikely that a 1099 would come from the service. They will release those pursuant to a warrant or a subpoena. But, that's way beyond a background check.
HTH
Z
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I had the same thing happen to me before and when I pulled my own credit report I seen it for myself. It came from when I had financed my car lol But I was able to dispute it and it was removed on the first try.
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Don't believe me? I've been through it. And if you are really going to let some scary fear of being found out through tax records stop you from pursuing your dream, then that's your own fault. There is such a thing as an appeal, and if you are qualified they will license you. There are medical professionals with DUI and drug convictions who still practice
Admittedly the degree of 'due diligence' performed by state professional licensing agencies can vary significantly from state to state. In my own case, I had no problems getting past my initial application for a Respiratory Therapist's license many years back. However, they 'caught' my adult industry work as part of a fresh background check when my RT license came up for renewal last year. And indeed being found guilty of 'unprofessional conduct' did not force me to surrender my license ... although I was required to pay a fat 'fine' to keep it. However, a cover letter was placed in my professional license file that clearly states my adult industry background as being the reason for the 'unprofessional conduct' violation which now exists for any prospective employer to see. So indeed I am not prevented from practicing again as an RT if I wanted / needed to. However, it's virtually guaranteed that any religious affiliated hospital, any high profile hospital, etc. would drop my resume' in the wastebasket, leaving my future options limited to treating state prisoners, inner city hospital and clinic patients etc. at a significantly lower pay rate.
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For a 1099 to be released as a part of a background check, the taxpayer would have to sign an IRS form 4506T allowing the service to release a transcript of their tax returns. And, that's a transcript, not a copy of the return so no 1099's are included. Thus, unless the taxpayer listed each stripclub individually somewhere on the return (and there is no line for 1099s by individual reporter) then it is very unlikely that a 1099 would come from the service. They will release those pursuant to a warrant or a subpoena.
As of last year at least, the state professional licensing agencies in NY and NJ both perform FBI level background checks, and both require the signing of a 4506T and other release forms as part of the professional license application process.
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Melonie
However, it's virtually guaranteed that any religious affiliated hospital, any high profile hospital, etc. would drop my resume' in the wastebasket, leaving my future options limited to treating state prisoners, inner city hospital and clinic patients etc. at a significantly lower pay rate.
This makes me seethe with rage.
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I checked my credit earlier in the year or last year and the only thing that showed was treasures but its under a totally different name that isn't a strip club. I did request for it to be taken off though. So you can get it removed. You just need to monitor your credit and dispute information on it. But I wouldn't worry too much. That's the only place it shows. But like someone said you can have your credit report frozen. I locked mine for a year and the only people who had access was my current creditors for whatever purchases I had.
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As I posted earlier, even if a professional licensing board does find a 'paper trail' of prior work in the adult entertainment industry, since this work is 'legal' they cannot deny you a license ( if you are otherwise qualified ). However, a citation for 'unprofessional conduct' informing potential straight job employers of your adult entertainment past may have some effect on your straight job opportunities. Or put another way, it won't matter a bit if you plan to hang out your own 'shingle' as a CPA ... but it might matter a whole lot if you plan to work for a gov't agency or high profile Wall St. bank.
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Melonie
However, they 'caught' my adult industry work as part of a fresh background check when my RT license came up for renewal last year. And indeed being found guilty of 'unprofessional conduct' did not force me to surrender my license ... although I was required to pay a fat 'fine' to keep it. However, a cover letter was placed in my professional license file that clearly states my adult industry background as being the reason for the 'unprofessional conduct' violation which now exists for any prospective employer to see. So indeed I am not prevented from practicing again as an RT if I wanted / needed to. However, it's virtually guaranteed that any religious affiliated hospital, any high profile hospital, etc. would drop my resume' in the wastebasket, leaving my future options limited to treating state prisoners, inner city hospital and clinic patients etc. at a significantly lower pay rate.
As of last year at least, the state professional licensing agencies in NY and NJ both perform FBI level background checks, and both require the signing of a 4506T and other release forms as part of the professional license application process.
Unless you were found guilty of some criminal conduct while working as a dancer, it seems to me your civil rights have been violated. A state licensing authority is not supposed to act as an arbiter of morality and sexual propriety. Where is the line to be drawn? What about a Hooters girl, a professional cheerleader (e.g., like Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders who wear less than a Hooters girl and who model for calendars, etc.), a bikini or lingerie model, a person leading an "alternative lifestyle" such as swinging,...? I think the label of "unprofessional conduct" in this situation is defamatory and misleading, because when anyone sees that, what they will assume is that you mistreated or abused a patient. You should consider appealing this determination and hiring a lawyer, or asking a civil rights organization, like the ACLU, to take up your cause.
We had a case here in Texas where the State Bar had to consider whether to issue a license to practice law to a woman who admitted being a former prostitute. Obviously, here you are dealing with a criminal past and whether such a person, with a criminal history, could be trusted to serve as an "officer of the court" and "guardian of the law". There was a hearing held and she convinced the members of board that she had changed her life, she wanted to be a lawyer more than anything else and had worked very hard to get that chance. She also argued that her criminal past gave her a unique perspective and understanding that would serve her well in defending criminal defendants. In short, rather than lying and covering it up, she bravely confronted the issue head-on and turned it into a "conversion"-type story (which even the most hardened conservatives love) and went as far as showing how her past "sins" could be an asset in her new profession.
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I m kinda freaking out right now cause I had a job interview yesterday for a job I really like ( It said they were gonna do a background consumer check report) mmmmm it even said something about " reputation" ( first thing came into my mind was, are they gonna find out I ve been camming for yrs???
And I have another interview tomorrow and it s for a bank, freaks me out even more..
If they happen to call me to ask me if I work as a cam girl I have no clue what I m gonna say :(:(
I just tried checking my credit report on line and after making me some questions to verify my identity ( I replied stuff like " none of the above" cause it said stuff like I may had applied for a car loan last yr???? I never did that!! and even a mortage back in 2011???
What the hell is that all about? does it mean someone stole my identity and bought a car or got a loan with my SSN???
I m pretty worried right now! and .. I still couldn t get a credit report so I don t know what these potential employers are gonna find when they do it....
I need some help here! :(
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Chill out.
Those questions are to make sure you didn't get your SSN stolen; someone who doesn't know you don't own a house may try to answer the mortgage question with a bank, but the correct answer is "none" because you don't have one.
You are most likely fine if you never listed camming as income for a credit app.
I am sick to death of all this fear mongering.
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Yeah that makes sense....
and I would still like to get my credit report to see what it says...
Maybe I don t even have one cause I don t own anything ( the car I drive is under my husband name), I have an extension of his credit card ( don t have any credit card of my own), all I have is a debit card linked to a checking account and that s where I get all my camming $$ deposited at...
I wanna start building my credit so I need to get a credit card of my own and for that I need to get a regular job ( I don t make much on cam to be honest with ya) so we ll see how things go.
If none of these 2 places call me back I ll wonder if it was cause they found someone better or cause they saw something suspicious on my credit report or something..lol
We ll see how things go, I really wanna get a regular job and retire from camming, I ll be freaking 30 next month, I m ready for a new stage! he he
Thanks for answering Selina!!
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I hope you get it Melanie, we're rooting for you
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Thanks Lauren!! :)
If I do, I miss doing my own schedule or taking vacations when I want but I won t miss not knowing how much $$ I ll make every week...
I need an steady income so bad, I wannabe able to manage my expenses better, make plans and all that.
Let s keep fingers crossed!!
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Ooh you may not have one. If you answered all the questions right, it should have led you to your report. You can try with each company (TransUnion, Experian, Equifax).
Try for a low-tier credit card. I've been asked for income and occupation, but never proof of it, on all my cards (Capital One, Chase and Discover). You could try applying for a low limit card and just say "self employed" with a modest income. They may give you a really small limit, of $500 or so, but it's a start!
Good luck :)
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Thanks Selina!!
I tried a different agency last night and I got a report, didn t see anything weird and it says I have an account in good standing... so it s like u girls said, I don t have much of a credit, but it was good to see I didn t have anything saying I owe stuff or whatever...
Had my interview for the bank today, it went well but I think the spa one was a bit better...
I gotta wait n see!! he he
I ll keep u girls posted!! xoxoxoxo