background screening
Background check discovers outstanding warrant
Ralston Police arrested a man wanted in Indiana, who had moved to begin a new life. However, his past and the law caught up with him after a company ran a background check on his job application. “Otherwise (without the check ran for the job application), we wouldn’t have known he was here,” says Ralston…
Read MoreCatholic Church implementing new background procedures
Springfield-Cape Girardeau Diocese of Missouri being one of the first to step up their efforts. Although they have been performing background checks since 1993, this is another push to assure children’s safety. The Diocese is strengthening background check measures as part of a push to ensure sexual predators don’t gain access to Church positions, and…
Read MoreCan a background check be too invasive?
court case has led to an interesting question – can a background check ever be too invasive? Furthermore, what sort of pre-employment background screening is it acceptable for an organization to be running on a prospective employee, and at what stage does it become an invasion of privacy? These questions had to be answered by…
Read MoreMichigan officer misused background check system
found guilty on “one misdemeanor count of unauthorized use of nonpublic information for personal use”. Lori Williams said that she used the Law Enforcement Information Network (LEIN) to look up her father, her husband and a friend. LEIN was established in Michigan in 1967, and has been successfully used to serve Michigan’s criminal justice agencies.…
Read MoreBackground screening reveals N.C. felonies
background screening on a man in Virginia Beach discovered he was wanted in Currituck County, N.C. James E. Hill, 21, is charged with felony receiving stolen goods and a misdemeanor charge of providing a false name to police. Last week, officers were dispatched to a parking lot due to some disorderly individuals making excessive noise.…
Read MoreColorado police in background screening trouble
background screening being “less than favorable”. A lawsuit filed by David Christopher Dalgarn – a man shot by former Grand County Sheriff’s Deputy Rochalle Rooks – has yet again pointed the spotlight at the background checking failures that we are seeing time and time again. In this case, Rooks rammed Dalgarn’s car, then shot him,…
Read MoreWhat is a background check?
Pre-employment background screening is a common occurance these days, and many ought to expect such checks when they are applying for a job. However, while we are hearing about background checks and backround screening, a lot of job seekers aren’t quite sure exactly what they are and the processes involved. In a short summary, a…
Read MoreChild care background checks brought to light
area conference brought to light issues over child care and the best practices that ought to be remembered, but often aren’t. More than 70 child care facilities attended the conference in Bloomington, IL to discuss various aspects of child care – from background checks and responsibility to tax preparation and record keeping. One of the…
Read MorePolice continue to fail background check responsibilities
previously in this blog, authorities at the highest level fail to adhere to the correct background check rules for pre-employment checks. Yet again we have another example of police departments not practicing background screening as they should, leading to officers being employed even if they have prior disciplinary problems or questionable backgrounds. Dallas News claims…
Read MoreResume writing: Is it ok to lie on your resume?
Is is ok to lie on a resume? Will the employer really do the necessary pre-employment background screening to find out every little detail of what you’ve written? A little white lie never hurt anybody…right? Just ask George O’Leary, the Notre Dame football coach who was forced to resign five days after being hired when…
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