[ComfortEagle]

And as a potential employer I would know this how? It is your credit and you are responsible for it.

I believe that the credit checks are being ran on people that are trying to get jobs that deal with money such as Banks. I don't think that you will have a credit check ran to work at the mall, McDonald's, The gas station, Garage or any other place that you do not handle large amounts of money.

Sometimes credit checks are being run in the strangest of places.

There was one place I know of that was doing credit checks for customer service operators, yet another place where a desk clerk handled money everyday, but no credit check required.