Active Screening Blog
Active Screening Has the Industry’s Seal of Approval
School is revving up in some parts of the country and once again we’ll be entrusting the safety of our children to teachers, coaches and other educators. One Ohio school district is still reeling from the unbelievable discoveries of not one, not two, but three...
What Active Screening’s NAPBS Accreditation Means for YOU
When it’s time to work with a Credit Reporting Agency (CRA) for your background screening needs, it’s imperative you look for this seal of approval: This badge represents the 47 screening firms across the United States who have tested and passed a rigorous...
Active Screening Earns Prestigious National Accreditation
It’s not often we get to toot our own horn around here, so when we do we’d like you to imagine William Tell’s Overture playing in your heads. Here’s what we’re talking about... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoHECVnQC7A Active Screening recently earned a prestigious...
How To Define Your Social Media Screening Policy
“Legal experts have one main thing to say to employers considering using social platforms such as Facebook, Twitter or Instagram as an initial job-candidate screening tool: Don't do it.According to a recent survey from Careerbuilder, more employers are turning to...
Don’t Get Caught in the Social Media Screening Trap
Who hasn’t snooped an old girlfriend’s Facebook page? Or checked out a former boss’ Twitter feed? Or kept tabs on a grad school rival through LinkedIn?Chances are, we’re all guilty of social media nosiness. On most levels, this is harmless fun fueled by envy or lust...
Social Media Screening – Right or Wrong?
There are a couple of ways you can interpret the title of this piece.Is screening someone via social media right or wrong?Is there a right way and a wrong way to use social media to screen someone?The answers are “kinda” and “absolutely.”Here’s the deal. We know...
Identity Theft Week: Keepin’ It Domestic
What’s your PII? We’re not talking about a delectable dish of warm, sugary fruit bursting from the edges of a buttery crust with a dollop of pure vanilla bean ice cream dissolving from the pie’s warmth (but seriously, wouldn’t a piece of blueberry be divine right...
Identity Theft Week: Protect Your Online Privacy
By its very nature, a background check is an invasion of privacy. A screening company is verifying information to make sure it’s truthful and accurate and at the same time searching for past indecencies and indiscretions that may give an employer pause. It’s not that...
Identity Theft: My Screeners Did WHAT With My Applicants’ Info?!
Outsource. It’s a dirty word, but sometimes we all have to do it. This business practice of hiring someone from outside your company to complete a task is often talked about with suspicion, fear and disappointment. There’s Forbes analysis of Boeing’s outsourcing...
Ban the Box: Have a Criminal Record? Here’s How to Land Your Next Job.
Seventy million men and women in the United States have been arrested or convicted of a crime that will show up in a background check.Of those who were incarcerated, 50% of them will return to jail.So what will the other half do? In many cases, look for jobs.Ban The...