Kristina Taylor Articles

Name or Fingerprint Background Checks: What Is the Difference?

Background checks are becoming part of the fabric of our nation. More and more a background check is something that everyone who ranges in age from their early 20’s through at least late middle age will undergo a background check for one reason or another. Not only...

FCRA Compliance & Guidelines For Background Screening

The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) has guidelines that must be followed in order to perform a background check on a potential employee or applicant. Failure to follow those guidelines can mean big problems for your business. Fortunately, there are ways to make sure...

Ban The Box In 2015

The last time you completed a job application, the question “Have you ever been convicted of a crime?” likely appeared somewhere on the document. Like all of the questions on a typical job application, this one is designed to instantly eliminate applicants who don’t...

Reduce the Risk of New Hires: Credit Checks Can Help You Protect Your Company

Credit checks have become an increasingly popular tool for screening potential employees in recent years, providing businesses with a glimpse into the personal habits and responsibility levels of men and women before they join a company's rosters. Used for years by...

Background Screenings ban some parents from schools

Aug 26, 2013 | Background Checks, Criminal Checks

Criminal background checks are not only keeping teachers with prior convictions out of schools, they are keeping some...

Background Checks Lead to Charges of Racism

Jun 16, 2013 | Background Checks

Last week, the EEOC filed two complaints against Dollar General and BMW, claiming the companies discriminated against...

New survey says more employers doing fewer credit checks

Jul 25, 2012 | Background Checks

A recent Society for Human Resource Management survey found that more than half of respondents to a recent Society for...

Screening only one facet of avoiding, or catching, a criminal

Jun 18, 2012 | In the News

The headlines on the Jerry Sandusky trial are a clear indication that there needs to be more than background checks in...

Clearing up myths about background checks

Jun 13, 2012 | Background Checks

With the use of background checks increasingly in the news, employees and job seekers across all industries are...

Top 5 Excuses for Not Background Screening And Why They Are Inaccurate

Jan 5, 2011 | Background Checks

So you’re not going to background screen your new employees? If that’s the case, chances are good that you’re using...

More Jobs Require Background Checks

Dec 28, 2010 | Employment and Education Verification

You may be surprised to learn that more and more employers are requiring background checks of their employees, even if...

Could a Background Check Save a Life?

Dec 27, 2010 | Background Checks

Obviously, we're proponents of background checks for employees; after all, it's our business to protect companies and...

Is It Legal to Deny Smokers Employment?

Dec 1, 2010 | Drug and Health Screening, Hiring

If you’re looking for a job AND you’ve been looking for a reason to kick that smoking habit, you just found it. From...

Background Checks Important for Foster Parent Placements

Nov 29, 2010 | Criminal Checks, Drug and Health Screening

In America, there are over half a million children waiting to be placed into foster parents’ homes; not surprisingly,...

Does Your Company Have a Standardized Job Application?

Nov 23, 2010 | Hiring

If you're like many employers, the decision to hire someone isn't one you take lightly; in fact, you probably spend a...

Develop a Hiring Process… Today!

Nov 22, 2010 | Hiring

It doesn't matter how big or small your company is -- you need to make certain that you've regulated your hiring...

Transportation Security Officials Rigorously Background Checked According to TSA

Nov 18, 2010 | Background Checks, In the News

There's been a huge hubbub (fueled by home video of children being "mishandled" by staff apparently unaccustomed to...

Problem with Procedures Opens Door for Sex Offender to Work with Kids

Nov 16, 2010 | Background Checks, Criminal Checks

In Palm Beach, Florida, it was recently discovered that the county had, unbeknownst to the powers-that-be, put a host...

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