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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One question I am asked frequently is ‘What is the worst lie you have ever seen on a resume?’ I will relate a story about an individual that we were vetting for a large corporation for a c-level position. Read more…

What happens when you combine identity theft and mortgage fraud? You get a brand new type of crime most people have never even heard of: house stealing.

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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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Hi Folks,

It’s time again to answer some of the most commonly asked questions about background checks and pre-employment screening. This one is a bit of a long one so we are only answering one today. Read more…

Texas crime busting unit uses Corpora technology to store images and fingerprints
A small Milton Keynes based software company called Tokairo, a division of the Corpora Group, is helping fight crime in America’s largest state. Texas crime busting unit uses technology from Corpora Plc to store 18 million images and input up to 6,000 new fingerprints of crime suspects every day.Tokairo is providing its unique document management technology to the Texas Department of Public Safety to enable the USA’s largest state to manage the huge volumes of crime related documents it collects. Not only is Tokairo helping Texas fight crime, its software is reducing the cost of doing so by $50,000 a year.