Background Screening
Would Mandatory Background Checks Reduce Renter-Related Crime in Ill. City?
Background checks are a growing and necessary part of hiring, but should they be used in the same way for bringing on housing tenants? A Belleville, Ill. taskforce assigned to review the city’s crime-free housing plan believes that landlords should be required to follow this procedure. What’s their reasoning? According to the BND.com piece detailing…
Read MoreConsidering Background Check Companies: Errors and Lawsuits
About 95 percent of all hiring employers conduct background checks in some form on applicants. As you’re aware, these screenings vary in scope, from local criminal history investigations to through research into an individual’s employment and educational history. Yet, while businesses depend on such companies to provide inside information about a candidate, how accurate are…
Read MoreWhen It Comes to Background Checks, How Far Can Employers Go?
Roughly over a month ago, the EEOC revised and clarified its recommendations and standards for background checks. Yet, as NPR pointed out this week, even the new standards don’t pose enough limits on employers. The potential results are companies delving too far into a search, potential employees being excluded from too many opportunities, and criminal…
Read MoreDifferent Background Checks, Different Results
On many occasions, we talk about the disparity in results from a state-level background check and with those from a national one. Education and employment history aside, state-level background checks do not always give a full picture of an individual’s criminal history. On a basic level, such a background check may only examine criminal records…
Read MoreBackground Checks to Combat Mortgage Fraud
If you’re looking to take out a mortgage on a new home, expect to go through a background check. Much like any standard employment background check, a screening by a lender for a mortgage involves examining your job and financial history. Because of excessive mortgage fraud committed before the crash in 2007, lenders may now…
Read MoreBe Prepared for a Social Media Background Check in a Job Search
So, you applied to a position, went through the several stages of interviews, and have been asked to agree to a background check. You’re aware that the potential employer may check all information on your resume and application and may investigate your credit history, but what about social media activity? Social media background checks are…
Read MoreBackground Checks for Ice Cream Truck Drivers?
Certain states require background checks for employees that work directly with the most vulnerable citizens: children, the elderly, and the disabled. Such background checks are de rigueur for teachers, daycare workers, home healthcare workers, nurses, and aides. But ice cream truck workers? Such a bill was introduced recently in Iowa and passed in the state…
Read MoreUse of Background Checks in Gun Shows and Control Not Thorough Enough
Requiring background checks for gun shows needs to start on the state level, and recently Arizona proposed a bill that would require background checks before purchasing a firearm at a gun show.
Read MoreUsing a Background Check Company
Using a background check company is more convenient than doing a background check yourself, especially as the actual investigation is more in depth.
Read MoreNational Child Protection Act
The National Child Protection Act was amended recently to include more detailed information about background checks and working with children.
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