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Welcome

                                            Congratulations on making it to the background phase of your recruitment process. Your background                                                    investigation will begin as soon as you complete your Personal History Statement (PHS) and sign all the                                                  necessary waivers. Most background investigations take three weeks to complete.

                                            Once you complete and upload your paperwork, you will be prompted to schedule an interview with                                                      your background investigator. This interview will last about 60 minutes over Zoom.

                                            During this time, you and your background investigator will get to know each other and review your                                                        entire PHS page by page. It is important that your PHS be completed thoroughly before you upload it                                                      into the portal.

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Chief J. Henningfeld

The background investigation will include credit and criminal history checks, records checks to verify citizenship or authorization to work, verification of date of birth, education, employment history, and military history.  We will interview individuals who know you and with whom you associated with in the past. Your residence will be confirmed, neighbors will be contacted, and public records queried for information about bankruptcies, divorces, and criminal or civil litigation. We will also examine past employment history files, interview past and present co-workers and supervisors and evaluate personal characteristics to determine suitability for this position. As part of this pre-employment background investigation, all of your social media profiles will be examined as well.

Confidentiality is of the upmost importance throughout this process. We want you to be assured that information shared, and information obtained, during this background investigation will be restricted to the background investigator and the assigned personnel within the recruitment process at the Caledonia Fire Department.

Feel free to contact us at any time to ask a question or to provide additional information. You can use the contact information listed on the bottom of this page.

We look forward to meeting you very soon.

Thank you,

Caledonia Fire Department

 

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