Contacting my current employer for Background check

If you got an offer - accept or don't.  If you accept, resign and have a background check run.  Since the background check is coming after the offer you have nothing to do but accept or not.  The consequences will naturally follow.  Whether the offer is official or not is not as important as you knowing all the terms of an offer have actually been offered - followed by your acceptance or not.  

As far as rescinding an offer - I had someone once lie about a degree.  We found out about 2 weeks after their start date - and rescinded the offer by firing the employee.  You lie - you lose.  You tell the truth and you have nothing to worry about. 

Your problem of "not wanting to resign until you have the official and valid new offer" (post background check and post check with current company) is something you will have to get over by accepting and resigning - or not get over by not accepting and having no background check.

Your choice - you choose the action and the consequence follows.  

If you are worried about something they will find in the background check - nothing we can do there, but encourage honesty.  I wouldn't offer certainthings unless asked - and if it is important to them they have presumably asked as part of an application.  Usually background checks are searching for gross negligence such as trying to hide a previous felony or negligence such as lying about previous salaries.  Background checks also include finding a bankruptcy - and depending on the position you are being offered, this may or may not be relevant.  I think other court actions (law suits where you are named) will also come up (not sure on that one though).  My company adds to that a drug test - doesn't sound like that is part of your background check though.  

Then I believe you have little to worry about. You have to assume they will be honest. A background check is only going to look for factual info - different than a reference check - or at least different than the second half of a reference check. They might well ask you to leave sooner than your stated departure (assuming you gave 2-4 weeks notice). I know it is nerve wracking - and though this won't assuage anxiety, you should assume your current company will be factual in their response to any background/employment checks. Good luck!

Hi, I'd suggest that your existing employer will not do anything and that you might be worrying for nothing - unless you've witnessed them do this to another person? You may end up coming back to them one day as you're an ace salesman so why woudl they burn bridges? 

Bite the bullet and get it done so you can move on. Any slur on your proffesionalisnm by your existing employer would be short lived when you start delivering results at your new employer and as an employer myself I would alwasy read between the lines of such behaviour - it normally means they don't want to lose the person being slurred aothrwise they would keep their mouths shut and be glad to get rid!

Hope that helps.

Simon

Hi, I'd suggest that your existing employer will not do anything and that you might be worrying for nothing - unless you've witnessed them do this to another person? You may end up coming back to them one day as you're an ace salesman so why woudl they burn bridges? 

Bite the bullet and get it done so you can move on. Any slur on your proffesionalisnm by your existing employer would be short lived when you start delivering results at your new employer and as an employer myself I would alwasy read between the lines of such behaviour - it normally means they don't want to lose the person being slurred aothrwise they would keep their mouths shut and be glad to get rid!

Hope that helps.

Simon