It’s April Fools Virus Time!

It’s that time of the year again ….. for jokes, and unfortunately viruses. Some are serious and some are not, but precaution prevents them all – not software. In the light many viruses that will show on April 1st, the main one being the Conficker Worm. Click Here for a current article [...]

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Workplace Violence

It’s not always what you think, it doesn’t always happen (even though someone said it did), and it may not always be as bad as described.  Keeping violence out of the workplace can sometimes be a skill necessary but not always part of the education and employer has received thought their life.  Sometimes it can be [...]

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House Dems Dump Contract after Shady Deal Discovered

The article mentioned below is an example of where the House awarded a contract to a company and maybe should have done a better background check on that company or maybe within our own government to see if there was anything shady going on (like the company previously receiving $1 million from  Mike Veon for [...]

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Your Credit Report and Getting Hired

Most people are not aware or even consider that their credit report might be used (and yes, not in ways allowed by regulation) to determine whether they are  hired or not.  A new article from Corporate Investigations Inc. – Using Credit Reports to Make Hiring Decisions – gives insight for employers and individuals on how credit [...]

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Fraud … it wants to be your friend – avoid it

Quick Highlight Post here:
CII ran across an excellent article in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette written by Jeffrey M Klink and wanted to highlight it here.  The article really highlights how much fraud happens and at what levels, and gives a great list of mistakes made that lead to fraud.  So if you want a good run-down [...]

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Senate Introduces Bill to Establish Nationwide Background Checks for Long-Term Care Providers

Recently members of the U.S. House of Representatives introduced a bill to provide FBI fingerprint checks for volunteers and/or employees who work in youth-serving industries (Click Here for our CII reference article).  In a related move, Sens. Herb Kohl (D-WI) and Susan Collins (R-ME) have re-introduced a bill to establish a nationwide system for conducting [...]

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Good and Bad background checks – you get what you pay for

Like any idustry …. there are the good, that bad, and the downright useless.  Ours is no different.  The old addage, “you get what you pay for” applies to every industry.  Ours again is no different.
There are exceptions – companies that are overpriced just to get your money or provide more than you need just [...]

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Questioning the importance of a background check

… and why we ask for the information we do.
Working for a screening company I constanlty hear our investigators explaining to applicanants why they need the information they request.  This day in age it is expected that people might be a little hesitant on giving the personal info, or be under the impression that enough information is present [...]

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Child Protection Improvements Act of 2009

Recently members of the U.S. House of Representatives have re-introduced legislation to create a nationally accessible background check system for volunteers and employees of youth-serving organizations (http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/94569). 
The proposed law would expand on the successful pilot program (The Child Safety Pilot) in place from 2003 to 2008 in which more than 37,000 finger-print based FBI background [...]

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Con artists have a field day in tough economic times

We all know about companies that do background checks on potential employees, or colleges that do background checks on students, etc. Did you ever think about doing a little checking on your own about a business, or so-called business you may have to deal with? I mean in a legal way, of course.
Con [...]

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