A couple of weeks ago we told you about an issue affecting some border cities and towns. The problem is that some state laws prohibit checking another state’s criminal records during the screening process. In the case of East Grand Forks, Minnesota, the laws were...
Your employment history stretches a couple of decades and it includes at least one job you got canned from and a too-short stint at another company. Do you need to include these on that lengthy employment history section on most applications? Does a background check...
Many of us applying for jobs routinely sign off on the paperwork to grant background checks. But how many of us actually follow up and request to read the results? After reading this story, you’re never going to pass up that chance again. A screening company and...
This is an interesting problem to have:You want to hire people.You’re a government entity.You sit on a border with another state.Your applicants come from both states.Your current background check system only examines your home state’s records.What do you do?If you’re...
We have an awesomely good customer retention rate – 97%. That’s partly because we offer exceptional service and reliable tools like our ACTivate Platform. But it’s also because we rarely make mistakes, and if an error occurs on a background report, we work...
Could a background check help prevent a crime from taking place in the future? That’s the question at the heart of a new lawsuit heading to court in Missouri.The situation is like the movie ‘Minority Report’ for the screening industry (the Tom Cruise...
