Getting on the “Nice List”

Most of the time, going to our blog you expect to see a highlight on a story that shows why boards should do better background checks on their CEOs, etc.  Although the hits from stories about corporate figures that everyone loves to hate are wonderful, occasionally you have to give credit where credit is due. Some of the banks that are returning a portion of the bailout money they used are worth that mention. It compares to a person correcting the wrongs in their life.

USA Today has a great article on Goldman Sachs and a few others that are doing just that. Please Click Here to check it out. This is an example of “the bad kid making good”, or even the individual that had a bad credit rating, paying those charge-offs back and rebuilding their credit reputation.  Sometimes you can’t just read everything as “black and white” nor see the past as the definition of an individual or a company.

-Lawrence C

IT Tech (ciilink.com)

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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 reports can and cannot be used.

IT Tech (ciilink.com)

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Students …. wonder why your college or university wants a background check?

Well, that can range from anything like security (they’d like to know if you’ve shot someone lately), or liability (if you work in a hospital, is there a possibility of you stealing drugs to pay for debts). I’m not going to go into detail nor justify whether the reasons are legal or even warranted, but just give you a list of links for other sites, schools, etc so you can see some example reasons.

Here they are:

Example of Student Access at hospitals:

Durham Technical Community College

A.T. Still University

General:

UCF College of Nursing

In The News:

USA Today Article

Possible Employment at a University detailed within this policy:

University of Colorado

* If you search on something like “university student background checking” or “college student background checking” you will come up with some good examples. All of the sites above are links to the actual college or university site and are unedited. You may have to do a search with your web browser on the page to see what pertains to students. College applications should be the hot thing right now, and students reviewing the college or university’s policies is a good idea.

-Lawrence C

Technical Support

Corporate Investigations Inc

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The Use of Employment Credit Reports

The following is a link to an article on our corporate site.  It pertains more to our customers, but does highlight the sometimes inappropriate use of employment credit reports by employers in determinations of employment eligibility.  Please read:

http://ciilink.com/CIIInfoBlog/tabid/130/EntryID/9/Default.aspx

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