by Sam C. | Dec 9, 2020 | Background Checks News, Background Information, News, Why Screen News
Are you Confident your Screening Company is Reporting Accurate Information? One of the main purposes and functions of a background screening company is to ensure the information being provided is accurate and compliant with the Fair Credit Reporting Act, also known as...
by Sam C. | Nov 19, 2020 | Background Information, News, Why Screen News
Be Aware – and – Beware! Many employers believe that a quick and cheap pre-employment background is sufficient to mitigate any liability should an employee commit criminal acts in the workplace. The employer thinks that a background report would be enough of a defense...
by Sam C. | Nov 17, 2020 | Background Information, News, Why Screen News
Background checks have become increasingly more important to employers than before. There are a variety of reasons why. The most prevalent reason is to ensure a safe working environment for employees, as well as your customers. A survey conducted by the Society for...
by Chandra Spary-Kontinos | Jun 6, 2019 | Background Checks News, News, Why Screen News
The term ‘resume fraud’ describes any time someone intentionally provides false information on their résumé in an attempt to appeal more to their desired position. Unfortunately, resume fraud is far more common than expected. 58% of managers have caught applicants...
by Sam C. | May 30, 2019 | News, Uncategorized, Why Screen News
On June 22nd, 2018, a J&R engineering employee was rushed to the hospital after an argument-gone-wrong in Barberton, Ohio. 29-year-old Aaron Brooks was charged with felonious assault and ownership of a weapon under disability. During a heated dispute,...
by e Guarded | May 22, 2019 | Background Information, News, Why Screen News
An employment background screening is a term used to describe the process of searching and compiling criminal records, driving records, financial records and other pieces of information of an individual. Assume you’ve followed all procedures to find and...
by Tom | May 13, 2019 | Background Checks News, News, vehicles, Why Screen News
On November 16th, 2011, $7 million was paid to a family by an Arkansas federal court in compensation for an avoidable deadly car crash. The truck driver responsible for the tragedy was later exposed for having a history of poor driving, including license revoking. It...
by Sam C. | May 2, 2019 | Background Checks News, Employee Theft, News, Why Screen News
Courtney Wells, a 49-year-old woman in Connecticut admitted to embezzling over a half a million dollars combined from her two positions as a trusted bookkeeper. Appearing as a trustworthy employee at her job as treasurer of the Southington Lacrosse Association,...
by Sam C. | Mar 13, 2019 | Employee Theft, News, Why Screen News
… but you still can’t ignore it While average dollars lost to robberies have declined over the past few years, theft by retail employees continues – and averages a loss of 1.44 percent of sales annually to individual companies in the United States. Added across the...
by Sam C. | Feb 6, 2018 | Background Checks News, News, Why Screen News
For most Texans and Floridians the 2017 hurricane season is nothing more than a distant memory. For one Polk City family it turned out to be a nightmare. When contractors or subcontractors come to your residence or place of business representing FEMA, you expect a...
by e Guarded | Dec 14, 2017 | Background Checks News, News, Why Screen News
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a Consumer Information article addressing the risks surrounding the commercially available DNA test kits. Many of us have either heard or seen commercials from companies offering to test one’s DNA for ancestry determination....
by e Guarded | Dec 8, 2017 | Background Checks News, News, Why Screen News
In today’s work environment, employers are realizing the need to conduct accurate background checks on potential employees. What we have seen is that employers do not necessarily get “rattled” when they receive an adverse background report on an applicant. What...
by Diane K. | May 30, 2017 | Background Checks News, News, Why Screen News
A recent Career Builder Survey shows that of 2,600+ hiring managers surveyed claimed they caught 66 percent of applicants lying about something. This goes to show that there is a need for truth in hiring for each and every applicant that passes through your...
by e Guarded | Apr 28, 2017 | Background Checks News, News, Uncategorized, Why Screen News
The Importance of Background Screening Do you know your applicant or do you make assumptions based on their previous experience? Today we discuss two news stories that are dated but, display the importance of performing background screening no matter what your...
by e Guarded | Apr 26, 2017 | News, Uncategorized, Why Screen News
On April 19, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced it was redesigning the Permanent Resident Card (also known as a Green Card) and the Employment Authorization Document (EAD) as part of the Next Generation Secure Identification Document Project....
