This article underscores the importance of hiring a background screening company that will conduct the proper due diligence when executing their searches. In this case, the hiring company, H&M Distributing Co. utilized a service that ran a database check for their criminal records. In this case, the records of another individual were added to the report and the applicant was not hired, and is now suing for damages. Read more…

It seems everybody lately has had some type of credit problem. Whether it is because of a predatory lender, a law suit or you have just been unable to pay your bills you may find yourself subject to judgment by a future employer.

Credit reports have long been a part of background checks, especially when a potential employee may be handling money. So, what do employers look for on your credit report? You may have seen the commercials on TV with the goofy kid singing about his terrible credit report, well it isn’t quite that simple. Read more…

Below are the definitions and terminology commonly used in the background screening industry. These are provided courtesy of ASIS. Read more…

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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…

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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…

An article by The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette points out some of the problems with background checks when conducted through government agencies. I believe most of this backlog can be cleared up by using private contractors. Not only can they get the checks done faster but when done to industry standard they are usually in most of the cases more accurate.
Fingerprint checks when done by themselves tend to only check that states database and NCIC. NCIC will only report crimes that were reported to it by each jurisdiction. You may be surprised to know that many many jurisdictions do not or can not report their information. Using a social security trace and then conducting checks on the jurisdictions that were found on the trace can reveal much more information.