1) A background check does not involve the wallpaper on your computer.

2) A urine test does not require studying, just stay away from the funny cigarettes, poppy seed muffins and your neighbors meth lab, you should be fine.

3) If a crime you were involved with involves a helicopter chase and has been seen on CNN, Fox News and MSNBC, don’t bother applying.

4) If you have ever walked into a strange house and Chris Hansen pops out of a room asking you to sit down, you probably shouldn’t apply for the job.

5) If in order to talk to the interviewer you need a “few stiff shots of liquid courage”, you should probably consider other options.

6) If you have a tendency to wear a trench coat and nothing else underneath, you might be better off as a carnival worker.

7) If you feel the need to be “packing heat” when applying at Chuck E. Cheeses, maybe consider another line of work.

8 ) If you were fired for threatening customer’s family pets while working as a bill collector, you may not want to use that company as a professional reference.

9) If you like the challenge of zipping through a school zone at 70 MPH without hitting a student, applying as a delivery driver may not be a good idea.

10) If you are a criminal applying for a job, hope that the company you are applying with doesn’t use Crimcheck.com.

Never mind you can tell people exactly what you are doing all day long on twitter, they now have an option that can give your location on Google maps. It’s sort of like stalking in reverse. One day you may even be arrested for tweeting too much and driving people nuts. The charge your honor is reverse stalking via twitter. We arrested the subject while shopping and she was caught with an iPhone in one hand and a can of cream corn in the other. She nearly killed 2 stock boys and an elderly woman with her shopping cart.
This actually leads me to another point. What if your boss follows you on twitter? What if your creepy ex-boyfriend follows you? Granted, you can just turn on the general area feature like the town, but it can also pinpoint your exact location. What information are you or even worse your kids giving out? I can see trouble ahead with this. What’s your opinion?

Ted moss Discusses Free Criminal Records

So you want free criminal record checks huh? Well in this video I explain why that can be disappointing and what to do about it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGOyTRnBS3g

Do you use social media sites such as Facebook or Myspace to conduct background checks. If so you might be violating Federal Law. To find out more and down load my free report “Social Media Employment Screening, what harm is it?”

I found this article very interesting. The writer approached this story with the  common misconception that most background checks are intrusive. The only caveat is that the writer noted that the background check did not find the misdemeanor conviction. Many companies will miss these as its not their normal best practice.

So anyway its a good article:

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Banking/FinancialPrivacy/SecretsABackgroundCheckWontUncover.aspx

Crimcheck.com, the leading provider of background checks and employment screening has agreed to conduct free background checks for organizations placing Haitian refugees into US citizens’ homes. Crimcheck.com has agreed to conduct a criminal and sexual offender background check on each adult living in the home to ensure they are able caretakers of the refugees. Civic organizations placing the refugees can contact Crimcheck.com to obtain these services free of charge. This check will help ensure that the refugees will not be taken advantage of while staying here in the US.

Click here to start running free background checks.

If you have any further questions, please contact Ryan Sherman at 877-992-4325 or email rsherman@crimcheck.com for details.

More employers should be protected when telling the truth! I came across this news story which underscores the need for some basic protections for employers. Many states have shield laws which ostensibly give employers protections when revealing potentially derogatory information about former or current employees during an employment reference check. This protection applies so long as the inormation given is Job related, based upon credible evidence and Made without malice. Including an excerpt of your states law on the verification request can be helpful. 

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International Background Checks – A Must in Today’s Society

Most employers know the importance of conducting a background check on applicants in the United States, but often fail to recognize the need to conduct checks on applicants who have lived, worked or gone to school outside of the United States.  There are a growing number of workers whose positions have taken them across our borders and have spent time in other countries.  In addition, we have seen a large influx of international workers coming into the United States to work as well. 

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A question I am often asked by prospective clients is, “So what best practices do you employ?” Well that’s a pretty easy answer if you have any experience in the employment screening industry. The industry politically correct answer is, “Oh well we employ standards as recognized by NAPBS (National Association of Professional Background Screeners) and ASIS International. While this is true and an acceptable answer, a better question might be, “What are your better practices?” By this I mean ask the obvious question, what makes you better? Read more…

Sure, you screened for criminal records at the time of hire, but what has happened lately? Risk Management does not stop after the employee is hired, and an annual employee background check can usually be processed for much less cost than the initial screen. Read more…