Archive for February, 2011

Beware of Employment Scams and Revealing Background Checks

While the economy is showing some sign of recovery, it is still hard times for millions of people.  There are those who have been laid off the job and have been out of work for months, even years.   There are those employees where the entire industry dropped out from under them and now they [...]

Drug Testing Background Checks to Prevent Drug Use in the Workplace

I guess the good news about drug use is that cocaine usage has declined in the past couple of years.   In fact, cocaine usage has declined some twenty nine percent.  Only about one third of one percent of the population uses cocaine, or so the story goes. Now for the other news…heroin use has [...]

A Short List of the Needs and Purposes of Background Checks

Employment screening is varied and depending on the types of searches will return different specific information. The criminal search, especially the county criminal search,  will define a candidate’s criminal past.  While it varies from employer to employer and the type of position under consideration, suffice it to say that with most employers a violent criminal [...]

Australia Concerned About Sex Offender Background Checks for Youth Leagues

The United States is not the only one concerned with background checks to prevent convicted felons and sexual predators from gaining access to children.    According to news.com.audifferent Australian  youth groups and sports club are claiming they don’t have either the time or financial resources  to run background checks on its  adult volunteers.   Only now are [...]