Rating vs. Resume: Can Bad Credit Kill Your Job Prospects?
We reported yesterday on a lawsuit brought against test-prep giant Kaplan by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, who accused the company of discriminating against African-American job applicants by using credit histories in their hiring processes. As it turns out, Kaplan is hardly the only company to do so. According to Takeaway listener Christina Tobin, her bankruptcy filing report has overshadowed her new accounting degree in her job hunt.
Christina listens on affiliate station WDET and joins us along with New York Times finance writer Louise Story.
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