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. Read more…

In this article found within the Wall Street Journal, a question arises about the need to disclose a criminal arrest from 20 years ago, because his employer is thinking about conducting post employment background checks on current employees.

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I believe that North Dakota is behind the times by not requiring background checks for their employees. While it is not mandatory, I certainly hope that each school district across the state will conduct their due diligence and use background checks as a part of the hiring process.
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Background checks, the phrase brings with it a connotation of mystery. Many people aren’t even aware of what a background check entails. Many people are worried, wrongly I might add, about an invasion of privacy. Why do I, as an employer, get to know about your background? Well, there are many reasons but I would say that the most compelling among them is because I do not want to lose my business! Is it fair to judge someone based on their past performance? In many instances I would say yes! How come I get to pick and choose who works for my company? Because, it is my business! I owe my employees a safe workplace. I owe my family a secure future.

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It is no more the level of the employee but the security environment and security requirements that determine which level and how background checks should be conducted.

A bad cleaner may be as bad as a CEO with doubtful integrity. Normally employers do not take chances and make sure that they opt for employment screening or background checks of all their employees, irrespective of the positions they hold.

They are justified in getting the background and credentials of a member of the cleaning staff as well as the top executive, CEO, done before employing anyone. Levels of background checks and agencies or means used for conducting background checks may vary and differ but certain mandatory checks are now becoming increasingly mandatory. Read more…

Recently a federal judge blocked the government from conducting background checks of low-risk employees at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory after an appeals court said the investigations threatened the constitutional rights of workers. Read more…

Issues of personal and national security have prompted great changes in the trucking industry where background checking is concerned. Today, employers must meet strict requirements for background checking of individuals providing transportation services in their name. Read more…

Conducting pre-employment background checks, including criminal background checks, employment verifications, immigration status checks and sex offender registry searches, are an essential step in the hiring process. Although the information gathered in a pre-employment background check is of great use to an employer, this same information is often times highly sensitive, especially to the perspective employee. Read more…

Hi Folks!
I initially started writing the article below to make into an e-book. Well as things progressed and I started getting more and more in-depth, I thought it might be a good article for my blog. As you may or may not know I work for an employment screening company and they have given me their blessing to go ahead and publish articles that discuss how to conduct free background checks. Read more…

In many of my recent articles I have been explaining how to conduct your own background checks for free. I have received more than a few emails from people in the employment screening and investigative industry concerned that I was giving away too much information and that people may not need to use our (employment screening) services if they can just go and do their own background checks. I look at it like this. If someone wants to conduct their own background checks, fine let them. The Internet is all about the free exchange of ideas.

Yes, I am a capitalist along with millions of others in The United States. The company I work for is an expert in the background check industry. We have been doing this for years and years. We have great clients, I don’t think they are going anywhere soon. We provide a great product at a great price. I truly have faith that once someone tries our services and sees how hassle free it is they will pay the little bit extra and get a professionally done background check that is not only FCRA compliant but lowers there liability.