Background Checks Are Important: Lies, Crime, Deceit

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Enjoy this infographic depicting the reason background screening is so important. We feel that employment, dating, and child care background checks are some of the most significant, as not doing your due diligence in these areas can have tragic consequences. There are statistics and tips you can use yourself. You can zoom in if needed, [...]

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Employment Background Check Tips

Be aware of FCRA regulations when conducting an employment background check.

Dave Jordan, the background check veteran lays out general FCRA guidelines and reveals which employment background check service helps you stay compliant while delivering the most comprehensive records available. These days, an employment background check seems to be standard operating procedure regardless of what type of job a person is applying to. This is even [...]

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Free Background Checks and Scam Artists

Free Background Checks Just Aren't Worth It.

Dave Jordan reveals why free background checks are simply a tool to get more of your money. You might even end up spending less if you decide to pay for a background check rather than be scammed by a free service. I have been spent over 3,000 hours embedded in the online background check industry [...]

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17-month Old Discovered Buried in Family’s Backyard: Should Parent Screening Be Required?

17-month Old Discovered Buried in Family’s Backyard: Should Parent Screening Be Required?

I don’t mean to offend anyone, but some people simply should not be allowed to have children. Of course, it would probably be unethical to impose something like this, but sometimes, some people make you wonder: maybe they should have been screened. If you would take the time to examine why people have children, you [...]

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Data Privacy and Your Safety Online

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Obviously we have talked quite a bit about identity theft, online safety, and how to make sure you’re not the victim of data piracy. However, I ran across an infographic from the complianceandsafety.com website that illustrates just how badly your personal information is misused online. Quite a few companies promise not to share your personal information [...]

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Are School Volunteers To Be Trusted?

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Recently an article about doing background checks on volunteers caught my eye. Not because it was poorly written, but because I paused for a second and thought about the state of affairs, and what they’ve become. The author was wondering whether volunteer background checks should be conducted on everyone lending a hand at the local [...]

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Depressed Mom Fatally Neglects Her Baby

I know it must be difficult when your spouse gets deployed overseas and you end up having to take care of things yourself, things you may have always done with the support of your spouse: taking care of the kids, paying bills, dealing with being on your own. But, neglecting your children, no matter how [...]

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