Consider Consulting With An Expert Before Hiring Summer Camp Staff

Have you been tasked with hiring your summer camp’s staff this year? If so, you may want to consider consulting with a well-seasoned, background check and investigative firm that specializes in applicant screening. Here’s why: Laws…

Background Screening Laws Go Mobile

You can never be too careful, especially when it comes to background screening on job applicants. A January 2013 post from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) noted a recent settlement with Filiquarian Publishing, LLC; Choice Level, LLC;…

Pre-Employment Hiring: To Google or Not to Google?

Employers that use social media sites to perform background checks on job applicants, investigate employees or make other employment-related decisions could be violating employment and privacy laws. When you use social media as part of your pre-employment…

Signs that Your Firm Needs to Use Pre-Employment Screening

As a small business owner, you may be more incline to hire people you know or friends of friends. It’s easy. It saves you the hassle and cost of running an ad and conducting a full-blown search. It’s always worked out fine in the past...until…

Don’t Overlook Executives When Conducting Background Checks

Just because someone has reached the C-suite in an organization, doesn’t mean his or her background is above reproach. In fact, look at any given news cycle and you’re likely to find a story about some highly paid executive who committed…

Don’t Make These Three Mistakes When Conducting Background Checks

The importance of pre-employment screening cannot be overstated. Some recent statistics related to background checks suggest that about one-third of resumes have some degree of “puffery, according to the financial website, Bankrate.com. To…

Balancing Credit Checks with Due Diligence

As global worksites become the norm, compliance and regulations tighten, and due diligence in hiring continues to challenge human resources professionals, businesses of all sizes will find it imperative to complete criminal background checks,…

Reduce Turnover with Background Checks

There’s a time and place for everything. Take turnover, for instance. In the post, “Employee Turnover Not Always a Bad Thing,” human resources consultant and freelance writer Deborah S. Hildebrand suggests there are times when turnover…

Background Checks on Current Employees May Stop Workplace Violence

Even as the country mourns the recent violence in Newtown, Connecticut, recent reports suggest that violence in the workplace is at an all-time low. Fatal work injuries have decreased by 21% since 2006 and by over 25% since 1992. However,…

Don’t Let Your Business Fail Because You Failed to Complete Background Checks

You might not know this, but 30% of business failures are due primarily to employee theft, according to a recent Profiles International report on workplace fraud, theft, and violence. Additionally, a study by the University of Florida estimates…

Stop Workplace Fraud with Periodic Background Re-screening

No matter the industry or the company size, your organization is vulnerable to fraud in its many forms – embezzlement, forgery, inventory theft, computer crime, and more. The financial and emotional impact on your business can be devastating.…

Should Employers Conduct Background Checks on Current Employees?

Although an employee may have a clean background check when hired, anything can happen over the coming years. Therefore, some businesses consider re-screening current employees as a way to demonstrate due diligence.   When to Screen…