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^^ MA's state board of professional licenses definitely performs 'FBI level' background checks for CPA's, along with doctors, Nurse Practicioners, engineers, attorneys and other 'higher level' professional licenses. This is true for every state professional licensing agency I have been involved with or have heard about from licensed acquaintances.
The areas of difference between different states are the depth of background checks performed where 'lower level' professional licenses are concerned, i.e. massage therapists, LPN's etc. Some states attempt to save money by skimping on the 'lower level' license applicant background checks, where other states run ALL professional license applications through an 'FBI level' background check via their state police criminal investigations divisions.
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I would really hate for you to not...I have a professional career of the same caliber as engineering and I have worked at 3 different clubs and never had an issue. and I stripped post-grad to pay off my student loans early, as that much debt is can be limiting both professionally and personally :/
Honestly it really depends. I danced and modeled and even did an amateur video and it has never affected me. I worked with kids and the government and both required heavy checks. Luckily I danced in states where I never needed a license and when I paid taxes listed myself as a model or entertainer.
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This means arrest records too! I was arrested, but charges were later dismissed on a felony drug charge. It won't show up on a cursory check, but in-depth the arrest record is there, which even though the state felt there wasn't enough evidence to charge me, it may still raise questions as to why would you get arrested for that? I wanted to expunge my arrest record, but it costs a few thousand. Maybe after my tax return.
^^^ generally speaking, it's difficult to try to make risk calculations about the future based on past results. In my own case, when I first applied for my state professional license(s) to practice Respiratory Therapy I had no problem whatsoever with the background checks. However, at that time, strip clubs were not under an ObamaCare mandate to issue 1099's to dancers ... mainstream media wasn't running 'sweeps week' coverage of 'Playboy' models, 'strippers' etc. being fired by school districts after a student discovered 'adult' pics of their teacher posted online ... politicians and celebrities weren't being outed for affairs with 'adult entertainers' etc.
An industry 'friend' recently took some serious heat over this ...
When I had to renew my Respiratory Therapist license after 10 years, unlike the first time I applied, I was forced to sign an IRS 4506-T form ... i.e. permission for the IRS to disclose my tax records. This turned up the existence of 1099 payment reports from a couple of well-known 'adult' businesses. The state professional licensing boards consider ANY form of 'adult' industry work to be 'unprofessional conduct'. As such, they cited me, leveed a fat fine, and included a cover letter in my professional license file that informs any prospective employer hospital, clinic etc. of my 'adult' industry work history. Fortunately I don't need to worry about landing another job as a Respiratory Therapist, because the existence of the 'unprofessional conduct' citation would definitely cause me to be 'dropped from the serious applicant list' by gov't run hospitals, upscale suburban hospitals, private clinics etc.
In regard to ( bogus ) busts, indeed the record of that ( bogus ) bust will show up in any in-depth background check. And even if never convicted, the record of the charge having been made at all raises questions regarding probable 'unprofessional conduct'.
And potential employers for jobs not involving candidates with professional licenses are also starting to perform net searches on applicants i.e. Facebook content, google searches etc. It's just a fact these days that employees are 'expensive' ... and that firing and replacing employees is potentially even more 'expensive' ... so, with multiple qualified candidates to pick from for every job opening, employers aren't likely to 'take a chance' by hiring someone with an 'adult' industry background.
Or put another way, years ago I was under the ( mistaken ) impression that, once I had managed to obtain a professional license and managed to obtain a job in an upscale suburban hospital, without an 'adult' industry background causing me problems, that I was 'home free'. Being 'outed' during a license RENEWAL background check years later proved how mistaken my assumption was. Please understand that I am NOT saying that an 'adult' industry work history will be discovered in every case. Nor am I saying that the discovery of an 'adult' industry work history is guaranteed to have negative effects on future 'straight job' opportunities. But it IS fair to say that the risk factor is rising !!! And it is also fair to say that future negative impact doesn't stop if a person has successfully made it through one background check and interview process.
As posted in other threads, based on what happened to me as a result of improved background check technology during my professional license RENEWAL, my biggest worry for the future is the rapid emergence of facial recognition technology. Unlike the recent situation where discovery of an 'adult' industry background is mostly 'paper trail' based i.e. tax documents and criminal records, 5 years from now the widespread use of facial recognition technology by state professional licensing agencies and/or 'high profile' employers could easily turn up 'adult' images of dancers and/or camgirls that were posted by club websites, tube sites, 'customer' upload sites etc. ... even if those girls were very careful to minimize the creation of a 'paper trail'.
This should provide serious 'food for thought' for any girls who are thinking about investing several years and many tens of thousands of dollars to prepare themselves for a life-long career ... a career which could take a major 'turn for the worse' and become much shorter than 'life-long' if their 'adult' industry work history is outed in the future, thanks to deeper background checks / new and better technology. But, on the flip side, nothing 'bad' may ever happen as a result of 'adult' industry work interfering with a 'professional' career ... with that 'adult' industry work also providing a major income boost. Thus doing so is a calculated risk.
(I know this was posted a year ago)
I've been worrying about this a little but I feel like I will just deal with it when the time comes. I am going to school to be a Physical Therapist and have a license to dance. Wouldn't it not be very smart to not pursue the career you want just because you've been dancing? There's always exceptions. If I really can never get a job I'll have to find something else to do but at least I'll have a degree I guess. I don't want to struggle with finances right now if I don't have to but I don't want to just give up now because my license may come up years from now. Plus, I enjoy being in school and can't wait to have my Bachelor's degree!
Early in 2014, the Executive Directors of all 50 state CPA regulators were polled on background checks. 45 responded. At the March meeting of the Executive Directors of the state regulators the results of the poll were discussed. The highlights are the background checks ranged in cost from $1.00 (Texas) to $49 (California), all paid by the applicants. The state executive directors sought information on criminal charges from varying sources though their own state police departments and the Federal Bureau of Investigation were the most common sources. (Some used a multitude of sources, some relied on self reporting only.) All 45 reporting directors indicated their states were only interested in criminal arrests and convictions. The general practice on character was limited to other CPA's endorsements of the candidate. And none of the executive directors seemed interested in going beyond the criminal checks they did. The states with the most extensive background checks reported that they were responding to "public expectations." The directors who relied on self reporting thought the cost of a criminal records check vastly outweighed the value of any information obtained over self reporting.
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^ It's the smartest thing to do. I know at my current job if people started blabbing about my past it would be a huge huge problem & probably get me fired for being a lawsuit liability for the company.
F*cking people....
Costume lady/seamstress or hairdresser could be other pseudo 'jobs' in a strip club, probably as an independent contractor or freelance.
It's been brought up to me twice. I make a crack about "sowing my wild oats" and leave it at that.
Most people have been young and have a past and seem to get it. A decent employer won't dig too deep if you have great references, interview well and have some sort of education/experience. If they really do pester you about it, maybe it's a company you don't want to work for anyway...
And Martini, you're right - sounds like she was a nosey cunt. Putting you on the spot like that.
Thanks for the update. Can you continue to update us? I'm in the process of two background checks so I'll let you guys know if it comes up for me. Unlikely like but I do an actual exotic dancing license in the state that I'm getting the background check in. As in this license cannot be confused for anything else. I'll let you guys know what happens also.
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Just updating. My adult licensing never came up in any background checks.
As someone who has been through several background checks (including fingerprint checks) and has been on the HR side as well, I am going to make this as succinct as possible.
The overwhelming majority of background checks are limited to criminal records and credit reports. That is because these are generally the only two sources of national public background information available to the public. Tax return information, to be crystal clear, is NOT available to employers for background check purposes. What tripped up the OP is that she used the name of her club on a car loan application, which led to the club being listed as an employer on her credit report. So assuming you have not been arrested for club related activities nor have used the club on a credit app, the odds are really low that it will ever surface in a standard employment background check.
There are exceptions to this, such as with law enforcement positions, security clearances, or increased access to children, where deeper dives might be done. In these instances, the odds are better that something like a dancer license might come up as LE is often contracted to perform these background checks.
But outside of a small handful of really sensitive fields, HR departments normally use standard corporate background check services that are limited as noted above.
Anyway, just my :twocents: fwiw.