Employment Screening - What the Trend in Online Databases Means to the Industry
Here is a great article that underscores the message that we have been saying. Online Databases are dangerous and should be utilized as an add on to a background screening program, not the primary source of information.
The most prominent trend in the employment screening industry has been a proliferation of online databases offering cheap background checks. Any one can access the internet and with a quick search be able to purchase, for example, criminal records for a low fee. While that is very appealing to companies looking to trim the budget on background checks, it may in fact be a dangerous trend.
What do the companies say that have been running background checks, back when employment screening “industry” was just a concept and not an accepted practice?
Tom Lawson, the founder of APSCREEN, the oldest screening firm in the country, says “The necessity of a background check has been established now, and that’s why we are seeing such a proliferation of people getting into the business - particularly because the internet makes it an easy field to enter because of the low start-up costs.”
