The nation’s airports are once again making headlines, but this time poor weather isn’t the culprit. Insufficient post-hire screening policies for airport employees, in particular those with access to airplanes and tarmacs, have been exposed following a hearing before...
Landing a job with a criminal record is tough; Especially when you consider that 70 million men and women in the United States have been arrested or convicted of a crime that will show up on a background check. When an employer sees a conviction they can get cold...
It may be hard to tell from a website or a blog – after all, it’s a snapshot of the incredible solutions and contributions the folks here have created within the background screening industry – but there is some SERIOUS WORK going on behind the scenes at...
The state senate in Virginia will be considering a bill at this year’s general assembly that would require state criminal background checks for nursing license applicants. Currently, the state doesn’t mandate that nursing applicants must share any substance abuse or...
Tooltip TextA tweet from @FortuneMagazine caught our eye recently. Here’s what it proclaimed:Well, paint me purple and call me Barney! We have been extolling the dangers of violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) on ActiveCare since practically our first post...
There is a new article making the rounds on the world wide interweb that claims to shed light on what employers can really find about out people through background checks. It’s meant to be educational and give job applicants the latest information on what employers...
