Need To Check A Potential Employee’s Driving Record? We Can Help!

Checking a potential employee’s driving record is a simple and effective way to learn crucial information about a person. For jobs that involve driving, such as delivery, limousine or taxi services, you have obvious reasons for needing to know the applicant’s driving history. You also...

Drug Testing in the Office

Alcohol and drug abuse by employees can result in safety hazards, decreased productivity, and low employee morale. Drug testing is a simple and inexpensive way for employers to identify the use of alcohol, prescriptions, and illegal drugs and help to curb use by employees. Employers...

The Essentials of Pre-Employment Screening

Employers need to know they can trust their staff, but that’s not the only reason they perform pre-employment screening. Some organizations, such as municipalities, law enforcement offices, defense contractors and government agencies, may even be legally required to conduct background checks. This doesn’t mean, however, that...

Choosing The Right Background Check Company For Your Needs

Running a successful business is all about taking risks, and one of the biggest risks employers face is placing their trust in a new employee. According to a recent study by HireRight, 86 percent of companies that conduct pre-employment background screenings have discovered candidates who...

Your Guide To Pre-Employment Background Checks

In order to make an informed decision, employers generally conduct background checks on job candidates during the hiring process. There are laws governing the information that can be collected and how it can be used when making a hiring decision. The background check cannot concentrate...

What Lenders Use A 4506-T Form?

The majority of mortgage providers, including FHA, VA, USDA and Fannie May (FNMA), use the 4506-T form to verify borrowers’ income. The primary exceptions are lenders who offer no-document loans to applicants with excellent credit. What is Form 4506-T? Form 4506-T is an IRS document...

Are You Making These ‘Background Check’ Mistakes Without Even Knowing It?

Having the right background screening policies at work is crucial to avoid bad hires and maintain the quality of your workforce. But with the background screening process becoming more intricate and the screening laws more stringent than ever, employers are becoming increasingly prone to making a wrong...

5 Workplace Drug Screening Myths – Busted

With the legalization of medical marijuana in major states of the U.S., the line between what’s legal and what’s not just got thinner. This changing legal landscape of drugs has only added to the already prevailing myths and misconceptions about workplace drug screening. It has become...

7 Trends That Will Govern Screening Industry in 2015

As we bid adieu to 2014, we are on the verge of witnessing noticeable shift in the way background screening is perceived by employers.  With a strong tailwind from a multitude of factors and convoluting compliance issues there is an increasingly high concern for workplace...

Fair Credit Reporting Act – Explained Simply

The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) is a federal law, passed in 1970, pertaining to standardization of the credit reporting system. The act consists of provisions for the following:● Protecting the privacy rights of consumers● Standardizing the way credit information is used and maintained● Ensuring...