Archive for September, 2009

State DMV Fees for MVR Background Checks On the Rise

Motor Vehicle Driving Reports are essential for companies in the trucking and transportation industry.   In order ot meet Department of Transportation, (DOT) compliance standards, all trucking companies must run MVRs on their drivers at least once a year.   Companies who employ drivers just to run around the city making pickups and deliveries, also need include [...]

Both Coasts Are Experiencing High Unemployment

Okay, so financial and political experts are starting to claim that the Recession is over and that the economy has turned around.   Some warned about a jobless economic recover, while others note that in these recessionary times manufacturing and production is the first to return and then jobs.   Employers want to be sure that they [...]

Another State Agency, Another Mishap With Background Checks

Georgia is hardly the first state where different municipal or education services experience a mishap with background checks.   I believe it will not be the last.  Instead,  according to Fox32 News,  the Georgia Board of Regents joins a  long list of public services that have  mistakenly hired employees, despite previous criminal records. In some cases [...]

Employers Are Refraining From Fourth Quarter Hiring

We are receiving so much contradictory information about the economy and its recovery it is tough to know who and what to believe.  The other day,  Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke, announced the recession may be over.   Other pundits claim we have almost turned the economy around, but not quite.  Still others predict a double [...]