Background Checks
Do you have a boss who would rather "just not know" than bother with background checks? Then you need to give him or her a bit of an education!
Background Checks
It makes sense for businesses to ensure that their topnotch people really are top notch.
In a competitive marketplace, a wise chief executive or will do everything possible to protect the company's reputation and solidify investor confidence, and that means ensuring h...
Background Checks, Hiring
You're sitting across the desk from a job applicant. She looks as polished and professional as you've ever seen. You were impressed by her from her resume, and now you're certain she's going to be the best hire you've ever made.
Criminal Checks
For shoppers, the holidays are fun, frantic, and trying: to do lists as long as your arm, malls thick with traffic and impatient shoppers, budgets stretched like rubber bands. Throw in a few crying kids, desperate to see Santa Claus, and even the world's best parent wou...
Background Checks, Hiring
In today's competitive business environment, most employers will want to conduct background checks on their potential hires. It's the best way for them to avoid unwelcome surprises, to ensure that applicants are who they say they are and that they possess the skills nee...
Background Checks, Hiring
A recent poll conducted by the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) revealed that a whopping 40% of all organizations surveyed do not conduct credit background checks on job candidates.
Background Checks, Employment and Education Verification
Whether your business is large or small, you know how important good employees are, both to your bottom line and to team morale. So it's important to make the right choice for the business, and good, hard information can make it easier to choose among a field of prospec...
Credit Report
You really like John. He's been through three interviews, including an all-day one with the board members. Everyone finds him to be the perfect candidate for the VP of Finance position. But when you perform a comprehensive background check on him, you discover that h...
Schools
One of the biggest issues for many parents is how their children will be getting to and from school. And for plenty of families, the answer is simple and traditional: the yellow school bus. But what's become perfectly clear is the fact that, in this day and age, bus d...
Background Checks
Not background checking your employees? Here are 5 reasons you might want to reconsider your position...
Background Checks
It's been called a "nuisance" and an "outrage" by some people and a "godsend" and "good thing" from others. However, there's no doubt that performing background checks (even if it's just handled through fingerprinting) on church volunteers does provide more than a smal...
Background Checks
It's a tough job market out there... and for some applicants, that's enough of a fact to turn them towards bad behavior and practices. One of the problems that's becoming more worrisome than ever to employers is the rise of the diploma mill.
