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What Will an Arrest Record Search Reveal?
The principal purpose of an arrest record search is to help you identify the bad seeds in a sea of candidates. Conducting an employment background check involves searching a person’s criminal and...
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4 Things You Need to Know Before You Run a Background Check
Sometimes, running a background check doesn’t necessarily insinuate that you suspect criminal activity. Though employee violence or theft are common reasons to run a background check, you may only need...
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4 Tips for Hiring Background Check Companies
One of your jobs as a business owner is to find and select the best candidates for various positions that you need to fill. Your skill sets as a business owner, however, may limit you from knowing the...
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New Federal Rules Set on Background Checks; Is Your Company Legal?
If you actively use criminal background checks to screen potential employees and use convictions as reason not to hire someone, you’ll want to be aware of the latest employee background check rules put...
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5 Reasons a Background Check May Reveal Misleading Information
When you’re looking to fill a new position at your company and decide to run an employee background screening, you’re one of the 73% of companies that perform background checks on their candidates....
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Should Background Checks Be Mandated?
Last week, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick vetoed portions of a bill that would require the state’s gaming commission to conduct full criminal background checks and drug screenings on all future...
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Background Checks: What’s Legal, What’s Not
Many small businesses and large enterprises conduct background checks on at least some of their candidates in order to identify employees that could be an asset to their business, while weeding out...
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6 Industries That MUST Run Background Checks on Employees
Some industries are under strict state and federal regulations that mandate background checks for employees in certain positions. Whether you are a small business or large enterprise, if you’re in a...
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Employee Background Checks: A Q&A With Backgrounds Online
Many small businesses, which either don’t have the time and resources to conduct their own employee background checks or want to be certain they are in full compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting...
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4 New Laws and Regulations That Can Curb Background Checks
This year has been one of progress for the background check industry – in fact, this is the first time in more than 20 years, since 1990, that the industry has updated their regulations. When it comes...
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5 Signs That Your Business Needs Pre-Employment Screening
Employers use a variety of pre-employment screening procedures to help them identify job candidates who are most likely to do the job well. When used judiciously, pre-employment screening can save time...
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Avoid Résumé Fraud with Background Check Software
The economic downturn that occurred as a result of the financial crisis has caused an increase in the incidence of résumé and employment fraud. The typical business loses at least 5% of its annual...
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The FCRA: Are You Compliant? (Part 1)
Pre-employment screenings and background checks for businesses looking to hire are becoming more important than ever. According to one recent study, 53% of resumes and job applications contain...
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