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How can you be certain that the man your children are sitting on isn’t a criminal, or worse, a violent child predator?

Employee Social Security Numbers Stolen and at Risk. Another case of stolen social security numbers. A New Hampshire insurance provider may have had thousands of health care provider’s social security numbers stolen. This is the latest in cases where large quantities of social security number were stolen. It is scary to think that now doctors … Read more

In this high tech, high speed world, computers and software technology are replacing much of what trained human beings have done for years. Pre-employment screening and pre-employment background checks are no different in this regard. Many software companies and date brokers have found that through the use of complex software programs they are able to … Read more

Background investigations are hard enough as is without having to deal with locating records in foreign countries. The named investigative agency in the article below outsourced its search of Canadian criminal records to a vendor who handles those types of requests. Unfortunately, this faulty background check turned bad, and the data vendor is now being … Read more

Too many times I have heard stories about applicants being denied jobs because of their background investigations.

Clients often ask “what is typically included in a background check”. The truth is that there are dozens of different searches that are available to an investigator as part of an employee background check. Some of the searches that are most commonly selected by our clients include: Driving Records Credit Checks Criminal Records (County Level … Read more

Private investigators find character information. Background investigation companies have known about Facebook, LinkedIn and the dozens of other social networking sites for years. We often use these sites to look into an applicant’s personal life and make an estimation of what type of character that applicant has. Employers appear to be getting in on the … Read more

There are several websites out there offering fake credentials such as, references, diplomas, employment information and personal character interviews. The names of these sites alone are enough to leave you wondering if the person you are about to hire is being truthful or if they are “faking their way onto the job”. Alibihq.com, absolutealibis.com, careerexcuse.com, … Read more

Prisons hit nearly double capacity and start releasing some inmates. What this means is that these inmates, newly released from prison, are going to be looking for employment in a market bloated with unanswered resumes. Companies that do not conduct background investigations are going to be targeted by these parolees because of their lax hiring … Read more

Statewide criminal history searches are not the end all be all of employee screening.  Nearly half of the states don’t offer such a search and there are a handful that do, but include disclaimers about incomplete records.  As a result, 100% coverage for statewide criminal records for background checks isn’t guaranteed.  Not to imply that … Read more