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Still Thinking Twice About Background Checks? Think Again

It has recently come to Corra’s attention that a rather substantial company is intending to hire a key executive in its financial department. They will probably be paying their candidate close to $500 thousand dollar, between salary and bonus, etc. And yet, they are hesitating to run a background check on this person.

In this day and age you have to be crazy not to run a background check. And if your candidate is going to be a major player and is in your financial area, then it’s almost mandatory to run the federal criminal and federal civil searches to check him out for white collar crimes.

If you are paying someone half a million bucks, then spend a couple of hundred to make sure you are not inviting serious embarrassment or litigious and legal issues to your company. For the lesser positions, you can spend less, much less, and get some piece of mind about your job candidates. You will find it most cost effective in avoiding the kind of occurrences that lead to serious legal fees and a variety of losses.

This is not the age to step over a dollar to pick up a dime, as they used to say on the street. Or be penny wise and dollar foolish.

When you have a prospective employee handling your money and having access to your databases, run the credit check as well as all the other searches. Don’t balk about the pre-employment screening program.

Check them out before you hire.

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Going Green Brings in the Green

Clean Tech Firms Attracting Investors

From: Inc.com


Third-quarter venture-capital investments in alternative energy, conservation, and recycling firms hit a record-high $844 million over 62 deals, a dollar-value increase of 80 percent over the previous quarter, PricewaterhouseCoopers reported Monday.For the entire article go to Inc.com

There is green in going green. That is, there is money in projecting your company as being environmentally efficient. As more companies realize that there really are alternatives to being wasteful and disrupting the environment, they will find themselves more attractive to commercial clients and the general public as well.

Corra is behind the movement toward a more environmentally efficient office. We try to stay up on the latest efforts and how we can participate in making our business greener. If this is of interest to your and your company, then you should consider hiring candidates who are environmentally aware. Some such employees will be more respectful of the resources at hand, while others will lead your business in a new direction.

As noted, that new direction will prove attractive to prospective clients and consumers alike. Green is favorable. Green begets green.

So when you are recruiting candidates, run the education verification and possibly the credit report and MVR driving records. These searches will help assess behavior patterns that can determine if your candidate has his life in order. Though it is a generality, those with orderly financial and driving records tend to be more environmentally minded.

In any event, someone who knows the scoop on leading your company toward a progressive and green environment is someone worth having. They can save you money, and they can make you money.

Check them out before you hire.

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Are True Sales People Part of Your Business Culture?

Growing Sales Through Leadership

Instill a natural passion in your sales team to see your profits rise.

From: Inc.com


Can better leadership contribute as much to the bottom line as good sales training? One of the biggest challenges of teaching leadership is how to directly and immediately increase sales and profits. I’m often told, “These leadership ideas sound great in a perfect world, but changing culture seems like a long, tough process. What can I do right now to improve my business?” Since increasing sales is the first and most obvious thing that most business owners look at when they want to grow the bottom line, I looked into what sales trainers were doing and found a gaping hole in conventional teachings. A hole that a good leader can immediately fill that will grow a company’s sales and build infinitely more trust with customers.In my work with companies and individuals, the one consistent trait in top- performing salespeople is a strong belief in the product or service that they are selling.For the entire article go to INc.com

Good sales people are an incredible asset. They can make all the difference between success and failure when developing a start up business or expanding a current business. Good sales people cultivate relationships.

Most sales persons exhibit good or at least acceptable behavior patterns. Corra has seen more than a few with questionable behavior habits. Perhaps it comes with the territory, no pun intended, the loneliness of the road, the business drinking meetings, whatever, but it’s fair to say a few sales people can have some difficulties with substance abuse and financial management.

Corra wouldn’t ever want to pick on sale people. As we said, they can prove a tremendous asset. Corra does suggest that when hiring sales people that you run their credit history, their MVR Driving Records in addition to their criminal history and other searches. It is cost effective. And it is, after all, the sensible thing to do.

Check them out before you hire.

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First Employment Background Checks and Now Business Background Checks

For the uninitiated, there is a lot of financial shenanigans going on out there. Corra has seen an increase in fraudulent financial practices and fraud. Larger rings and individuals are conning people out of their money, or skipping on paying the bill.

Perhaps this a sign of the times. The credit crunch is upon us and the bear market it starting to growl. And some out of desperation or what they believe is opportunity want to swindle the rest of us.

Corra has seen financial statements and legal documents that look perfectly legitimate until you look further. We have done business research on shady characters who are operating on Social Security Numbers that belong to a dead person. They have used it so long it actually looks like it belongs to them. It doesn’t.

So you know sooner got into the habit of pre-employment background checks and now you have to run corporate research and business credit reports. Corra can help you examine your new business associates by providing comprehensive background checks and a series of other research reports that will tell you if they are on the up-and-up or are one of the shadier players on the dark end of the boulevard.

So call Corra and see what you can do to help prevent your getting fleeced in these increasingly difficult and dangerous times. Check them out before they hurt you.