What jobs require fingerprint based checks?

[byron92]

Since I have an evil twin (share name a DOB with a felon) I am beginning to think my only hope is to get a degree in whatever I need to and pursue a career in a field that requires real (fingerprint) based background checks and doesnt blacklist people due to shoddy inaccurate data. I understand some fields require finger checks. What are they? I need to go for one of them. I assume law enforcement is a possibility but are there jobs in law enforcement that dont require you to meet the physical requiements to be a cop. I am nearly 40 and totally out of shape. I am a computer guy with 20 years of IT experience. No degree but could get one. Basically I am not suited to manual labor. Can one become some kind of fignerprint tech or quasi law enforcement person without having to be a cop? The other thought is jobs that require a clearance. This is a few years out as my credit sucks but thank God that can be fixed. I fear I may be unemployable due to my evil twin despite being able to prove it was not me. I just dont know if anyone will be interested in my mountain of documenation. It is ironic that due to this I am athinking of going after jobs with much more stringent backgrund checks

[felabeorbt]

Since I have an evil twin (share name a DOB with a felon) I am beginning to think my only hope is to get a degree in whatever I need to and pursue a career in a field that requires real (fingerprint) based background checks and doesnt blacklist people due to shoddy inaccurate data. I understand some fields require finger checks. What are they? I need to go for one of them. I assume law enforcement is a possibility but are there jobs in law enforcement that dont require you to meet the physical requiements to be a cop. I am nearly 40 and totally out of shape. I am a computer guy with 20 years of IT experience. No degree but could get one. Basically I am not suited to manual labor. Can one become some kind of fignerprint tech or quasi law enforcement person without having to be a cop? The other thought is jobs that require a clearance. This is a few years out as my credit sucks but thank God that can be fixed. I fear I may be unemployable due to my evil twin despite being able to prove it was not me. I just dont know if anyone will be interested in my mountain of documenation. It is ironic that due to this I am athinking of going after jobs with much more stringent backgrund checks

[vipponah]

If this is for real, it's pretty messed up...

[bean]

If this is for real, it's pretty messed up...

Any job that requires a security clearance is going to require a finger print check. But don't worry, if you volunteer and give them your prints it is a greater chance that they will just be entered in the the database and no check will be ran.

[hjortur]

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[elton]

Working for the Postal Service requires finger printing and background check. There are a lot of varied jobs in the Postal Service too. They have IT jobs as well as investigative divisions and even policing units. It's a great field, it's federal government and the pay is decent. Also, the Postal Service is completely self-supportive (it does not depend on the support of the federal government.)

[wakeley58]

Taking up a new career at 40 because somebody has your same name and birthday seems a little extreme. Every criminal background service I've worked with also includes the SSN in their search for precisely this reason. It might take a couple days longer for your background check to come back to the employer but it shouldn't prevent you from getting hired.

[berwin]

Are you providing your social security number on the consent form for the background check? If the SSN doesn't match, they shouldn't be sending your "twin's" information.

If you are being blacklisted, talk to an attorney. The Fair Credit Reporting Act is a federal law that applies to criminal background checks. Based on my understanding of this law, if an employer is going to deny someone employment based on a background check, they have to let the applicant know that and inform them of their right to dispute the inaccurate information with the company who provided the report. If that person provides the employer with documentation proving that the information is wrong, the employer is required under the FCRA to consider that evidence.