We all know and understand the importance of conducting background checks in this day and age. We would not want someone with a history of violent acts or sexual crimes to work in the next cubicle, to come into our homes or, heaven forbid, to have access to our children either at school or through [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Criminal Searches’
Are there Safeguards against Improper Background Checks?
Posted in Explaining Services, General, New Highlights, tagged Criminal Searches, dispatch.com, employment criminal searches, FBI, joe the plumber, nationwide criminal database search, NCIC, pre-employment screening, safe background check, Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher on December 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Difficulties in Processing Criminal Searches for Employment Purposes
Posted in Explaining Services, tagged Criminal Searches, employment criminal searches, FBI, nationwide criminal database search, NCIC, pre-employment screening on October 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When it comes to processing criminal searches for employment or pre-employment purposes, there is no way to be certain that an applicant/employee is free from any kind of criminal history. Unfortunately, because the FBI’s NCIC Database is not available to the general public, employers are forced to process either a nationwide criminal database search [...]
County vs. Statewide Criminal Searches
Posted in Explaining Services, tagged Add new tag, Confusing, County, Criminal, Criminal Searches, Searches, State on September 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Trying to decide which type of criminal searches to process for potential employees can be confusing, as there are positives and negatives to each search. Nationwide criminal searches may seem the most attractive, but are generally database searches which are incomplete, inaccurate and untimely. Unfortunately, there is no live nationwide criminal search available [...]




