 TITLE: Do Employers Check Credit Scores? CONTENT: Does an Employment Credit Check Affect Your Score?\n--------------------------------------------------\nWhen you apply for a loan or credit card and the lender pulls your credit report, a hard inquiry occurs. Too many hard inquiries in a short period of time may temporarily lower your credit score. Fortunately, this is not the case with employer credit checks.\nAn employment credit check is known as a soft inquiry because it does not involve applying for new credit. Therefore, an employment credit check is not viewed as a potential flag for lenders and won't affect your credit score in any way. END