Originally posted by Pizza
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It is illegal to discriminate solely for filing bankruptcy if one is employed and fired for that reason only. Many companies inform you upon application that if you have a bankruptcy on your record, you will not get the job. That is company policy with policies put in place by their legal departments and upper executive management.
Again, change will be a long time coming for this - changes are still taking place for insurance credit profiling with states gradually eliminating that practice one by one. But many states still have the practice. So if one is in the midst of filing now or has a past BK on their records, one can only do the best they can for the moment and do the best they can to get the job. It's all about selling yourself and your skills over the competition.
The problem with a BK is that it is on your credit reports for a very long time. That is one of the blackmarks we all face or have had to face for filing and something we will have to deal with as long as it shows on there.
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