subject: Types Of Drug Tests - For New Employees [print this page] Most companies are now asking that their hired workers get tested. Different employers might ask you to take one or more types of drug tests on the job. As you go for your job interview you will fill out the proper paperwork. If the company does have a drug test policy, it will state that in the paperwork you are given. The topic is why and how the tests are preformed, and what it means to the company you work for.
Many individuals don't like pee tests. If you sign the form then you must go. Once the test is done, you go back to work. If you are found to have failed the test, you might be asked to give a second urine sample. There could be several reasons you have failed the test, and we will get into those later.
Many employers will choose the urine tests because it is not invasive in comparison to a blood test. Mostly they are looking for illegal drugs in your system. Tell your boss if you take medications prescribed by a doctor. Both prescription and over the counter drugs can make the lab result a false positive for illegal drugs.
They test specifically for weed and cocaine use. Speed is known as uppers or amphetamines. Works with other drugs as well. One urine test will detect all five of these drugs. This is lab test that most employers choose for their employees because it picks up so many illegal drugs in your system.
Should you know you are hot before a drug test, talk to your employer or buy a detox tea. Get treatment and then if you still want to work for that company, go back and fill out their papers. Make sure you tell them you have been to treatment and are clean. You can be certain they will ask you to get another urine sample to be tested, and now you shall pass that test.
Also be aware that your employer can give you a random drug test at any time while you are an employee. This prevents employees who take illegal drugs after the initial drug testing to continue to use those kinds of drugs and continue to work. Automatic testing is done always after a work related accident. That is the policy of most drug free work places today.
Any time you are applying for a new job, take a few moments to read the paperwork all the way through, read every word. Most companies will let yo know before hand if they are going to test you. If after you have read the application and do not feel comfortable signing that is not the job for you.
Your now at the starting point of why new jobs ask for pee testing. Legal forms when you are hired will let you know if testing is normal. It can be expensive for companies to drug test, but it is worth it to know that the hired people are not high on drugs, and can do their jobs properly.
