background check
NAPBS & MYB Part 5: Decision-making
As an employer, the most important part of the background screening process is when it comes to the final decision. What is it, and how does an organization make the decision on the hiring of an applicant? NAPBS explains it like this: Decision-making is the process of judging and evaluating the information gathered and relating…
Read MoreGeorgia churches leading the way on background checks
Background checks are becoming all the more important in all aspects of society, not just when it comes to employment. Almost all organizations where children and vulnerable adults are concerned, from schools to churches, are ensuring that those involved have a clean background and pose no risk.In the past four months, three youth ministers in…
Read MoreSocial Media background checks to play important role in 2011 hiring
background screening. What you can be sure of is that this practice will become even more instrumental in 2011. Not only because the economy is on the rise again and more jobs becoming available, but because social media is becoming such an integral part of our society. While performing a background check on someone’s social…
Read MoreBackground check reveals murder warrant
Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Johnny Wright had eluded police for 33 years despite being a suspect in the disappearance of a woman in 1976. Wright, 66, was arrested in September 2009 when he asked Lawrenceville police to conduct a background check for a prospective employer. The check brought up his warrant and he was extradited to Missouri.…
Read MoreNanny gets prison time for stealing identity
background check due to her 35 previous arrests, yet this deceit came to light when she was suspected of stealing from the family for who she worked. Vaccaro, 42, of Chili pleaded guilty Thursday to two counts of first-degree identity theft, a felony. She tearfully apologized. “I won’t ever do anything like that again,” she…
Read MoreEEOC files discrimination lawsuit on credit background check
credit checks and the role they should, or should not, play in background checks. This has been taken to a new level with the news that the EEOC is filing a discrimination lawsuit based on a credit history background check. On December 21, 2010, EEOC filed a nationwide hiring discrimination lawsuit against Kaplan Higher Education…
Read MoreCalls for tougher background screening after Arizona shooting
background screening that would further prevent drug abusers, the mentally ill, and other criminals from readily obtaining guns – according to the Epoch Times. Bloomberg represented over 500 mayors who are part of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns coalition and pointed fingers at the gaps in the background check system, which allowed both Loughner, who…
Read More11 year old background check fails parents
Sierra Sun, a nanny who was employed through a childcare service operator has recently been arrested for theft and child endangerment. Louise Anne Perry, 43, had passed a background check when she first started with the company, but that was 11 years ago. Since then, Perry has received convictions for burglary and narcotics, and her…
Read MorePima County taking forward steps with background checks
background checks – hopefully other counties and states will soon follow suit. The Pima County Board of Supervisors gave the county’s staff a unanimous go-ahead Tuesday to write an ordinance updating the background check policy, expanding which employees must be fingerprinted for criminal-records checks. The board must hold a public hearing on the proposed policy,…
Read More'Trusted Traveler' background checks not so trustworthy
previously, provisional plans have been discussed for a ‘Trusted Traveler’ program at airports, which would background check individuals before they fly, allowing for speedier and simpler airport security checks. A similar program has been running since 2008, with new legislation looking to expand on this. It seems that these plans have moved on pretty rapidly…
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