Active Screening Blog
Have You Hired a Psychopath? Three Ways to Uncover the Madness
If you haven’t checked out Quartz lately, or at all, you don’t know what you’re missing. This “digitally native news outlet” features some of the most hard-core yet trendy tech and business stories available anywhere today. The headlines will tickle your tastebuds -...
Ready to Commit to That New Job? Surprise! Employers May Not Be.
Grueling job interviews.Freesponsibility. (Yes, this is a real thing)Tedious technology tests. Inbound hiring.Part-time portals. Job applicants these days are becoming increasingly subjected to more rigorous obstacles if they want to land their dream job. Check out...
Department Profile: Kerry Rydman, Information Technology Manager
Data protection is huge. Gargantuan, in both task and importance. Hackers are simultaneously slipping their dastardly devices into everything from insurance companies to gas pumps to steal your Personal Identifying Information (PII). Or, lone wolfs like Edward Snowden...
U.S. Airports Scrutinized: Should You Re-Check Your Employees?
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...
Do Pending Charges Show Up on a Background Check?
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...
Department Profile: Travis Del Rosal, Research Manager
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 Active...
Seeking Better Applicants? Improve Your Candidate Experience.
Super Bowl XLIX is just around the corner (Sunday… Patriots vs. Seahawks if you’ve been living on Mars) and it got us thinking about commercials.The internet is already abuzz of this year’s Super Bowl ads. Some are bound to be hits. Some have bit the dust in glorious...
Should Teachers Be Required to Undergo a Financial Background Check?
There is trouble brewing in Indiana. In an editorial published Sunday by The Herald Bulletin, the newspaper takes a strong stance against a proposed background check bill that would require more comprehensive background checks of school job applicants. We love a good...
Background Check Proposal for Nurses – May Not be Enough Protection
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...
A “Tiny” Hiring Technicality Can Cost You Big
A 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...