Employment Background Checks Create a Safe Work Environment

Leave a reply

The statistics are clear, workplace violence both recorded and under the radar impact business productivity significantly with over 1.5 million work days lost annually.  This does not include all the unreported lost days due to workplace harassment and violence.  According to the FBI the majority of incidents that employees/managers have to deal with on a daily basis are lesser cases of assaults, domestic violence, stalking, threats, harassment (to include sexual harassment), and physical and/or emotional abuse that make no headlines.

With the facts now being produced it makes more sense now than ever for Human Resource professionals and those involved in the hiring of new employees to put a sound employment screening system in place.  Employment background checks performed through a professional third party provider help thwart future workplace violence by discarding potential employees that represent a threat to the workplace environment.  Many times background investigation can surface past incidents that provide clear signs of behavior habits that could pose a significant threat to workplace environments.  Properly vetting these candidates allows for filtering out of such high risk candidates thus increasing a business’s odds of having a violence and harassment free work place.  This saves the company a lot of money over time and provides a safe and sane work environment for all employees.

Simple Data Entry System Creates Cost and Time Effective Background Screening Operations

Leave a reply

With increasing burdens on Human Resources it is relieving to know that one aspect of their job need not be difficult or time consuming.  Running background checks as part their employment screening program has been made easy with CriminalBackgroundRecords.com.  An HR professional need only enter small amounts of identifying data online through the background check website and everything else is taken care of by the sophisticated backend processing of CriminalBackgroundRecords.com.

Background screening that is simple and intuitive that saves Human Resources valuable time translates to cost savings and streamlined operations that frees up previously unavailable time to spend on other areas that fall on their lap.  With CriminalBackgroundRecords.com you can enter in basic indentifying information on the person you are investigating and then choose from a number of background check options all within the same order.  For instance if your pre-employment screening requires a national criminal background check, county court check and driving record search you can fulfill all of these background checks within the same order without entering  duplicative or redundant information thus saving time…  and time is money.

View Related Article: Data Entry Made Simple for Background Screening Reports

Get Background Checked Before You Get Background Checked

Leave a reply

With the use of criminal background checks as part of modern America’s corporate employment screening programs and with the inaccuracies inherent in the background information retrieval industry it makes sense to check your own background before applying for that new job.  Many companies including midsize and small businesses are increasingly utilizing criminal background checks in their employment screening process where in the past they did not.

Even if a person knows they don’t have a criminal history, pulling their own criminal report is still wise to ensure that no errors occurred.  For instance someone else’s criminal record could be interpreted or queried from a database as a different person if the name and date of birth are similar or the same.  Errors and omissions are very common in the background check industry and if you really want that new job it is best to run a background search on yourself first so you know what the company you’re looking to work for will be looking at when you apply.  It is also best to ask the Human Resources department of the company you are applying at for the company they use to do background checks or the process they use to obtain background check information to make sure your pre-interview background check is comparing apples to apples with your potential new employer.

In-House Caregivers Should get Background Checks

Leave a reply

The human care-giving industry especially in-home caregivers have seen little regulation and oversight even when the crime related to them is real.  Recent studies show that one in four of accused and convicted caregivers had a criminal record.  This is possible because there are no restrictions against home-care workers, you can have a felony conviction and still operate as an in-home caregiver.  The good news is that there exists a simple cost effective way to protect your loved ones in need of in-home aid and care.  The way is straightforward by running a background check.  A criminal background check can help deter repeat offenders and can protect those you care about from harm and abuse.  Adequately verifying an in-home caregiver before giving them access to you or your loved ones home will at least build some trust in the person you are granting unmonitored care while you are away.  In-home caregivers should be treated like employees as they are and should undergo a background check before they are allowed into your home.

Retailers Should Vet Part-Time Help Same as Full-Time.

Leave a reply

With Americans going back to school and retailers competing on prices for back-to-school items like pencils and notebooks the scent of winter and the holidays is already in the air.  Many retailers will soon be gearing up for the busy holiday season and once again will need to hire a wide variety of part-time/season help.  Even though most temporary jobs and seasonal employment do not  come with the benefits granted to full time help (mainly health insurance), these temporary or seasonal employees appear to inflict only small costs to their retail employer.  This is true except for one risk.  The risk that a temp, part-time or seasonal employee steals from you or causes damages to person or property while on the clock or worse.  With pre-employment background checks now available for $30 or less per applicant retailers can no longer go on not screening their new hires, part-time or full-time.

View Related Press Release titled: Retail Background Checks

Why Juvenile Criminal Records Should be Sealed

Leave a reply

A criminal record is typically considered a juvenile criminal record if the perpetrator of the crime was under the age of 18 when they committed the crime. Many people who have committed a felony or other serious criminal offense in their youth did so out of peer pressure, being in the wrong crowd, adolescent emotion or from other outside influences that don’t completely represent the individual.  In these cases these juveniles have to deal with the court system, perform community service, pay restitution, and spend time in a correctional facility or some other kind of punishment for the wrong they have done.  These individuals quite often are not repeat offenders and can easily be re-assimilated back into free society and become productive law abiding citizens.  For this reason the United States of America’s court systems usually seal juvenile records from the public view thus allowing these individuals to enter adulthood with a clean slate and not allow a singularity in their past to prevent them from creating a worthwhile future.

View the full article:  Juvenile Criminal Records: What Can Be Done to Clean the Slate?

Using a Professional Background Screening Company Makes a Difference

Leave a reply

Background screening today in the USA incorporates both private and public records when vetting candidates for respective positions in organizations all over the country.   Many companies have chosen to perform these background checks in house for years, but now are considering outsourcing this part of Human Resources.  And for good reason…  With negligent hiring lawsuits looming one must make sure that employment screening programs are not discriminatory and that they are not breaking any local, state or federal law.  In light of this it makes a lot of sense for organizations and corporations in the USA to outsource their background screening needs to professional background screening companies that make it a point to assist their clients in being compliant with relevant and industry laws.  These professional background screening companies know their industry well and are much better equipped to pull the most accurate, relevant and up to date background reports on behalf of their clients for a modest fee.  It may be a good time to really consider outsourcing your background screening requirements to a proven professional background screening company.  Read new industry press release, “Background Screening the Right Way” to learn more.

More Tools for Human Resource (HR) Professionals

Leave a reply

Is it time to add driving records and professional verifications to your background screening program?

New press release makes a great case for adding driving record checks and professional verifications to the pre-employment background screening of new hires.  While running a criminal background check and Social Security number search is essential in attaining the background information sought after on those new job applicants, performing a professional verification like employment verification or education/credentials verification could be just as important.  Depending on the position being sought to fill a driving record check may make since too, especially if the job position requires driving a company vehicle or driving in general while on the clock.

By outsourcing your verifications to a company like CriminalBackgroundRecords.com you are making sure that you are getting FCRA compliant professional researchers conducting your credentials, personal, professional, educational or employment verifications for you.  It typically takes 3-business days to complete verification, and is well worth the wait as they will quickly prove or disprove information entered by the potential new hire on their job application.

Summer is near– Time to Consider a Background Check on that Temp Hire

Leave a reply

It is wise to vet part time workers with a proper background check before hiring

The economic recession certainly is not over, but summer jobs are growing as businesses are more likely to hire part time help instead of taking on full time employees.  Since companies are not required to offer the same benefits to part time employees as they are with full time employees the financial risk and burden of part timers are much more preferred than full timers.  Part time employees are widely considered a lower risk for a company than hiring a full time employee.  However, if proper employment screening for part time workers is not in place or ignored than the risks, costs and potential reputation loss can make them much more risky than fully vetted full time employees.

Temporary workers, part-time employees and seasonal employees should all be vetted the same as full timers to protect the company, existing employees and all those that these part timers come across while on the clock representing your company.

Performing a social security number trace and criminal background check (usually a national background check and then county background checks at places where red flags were raised) is a quick, affordable and reliable way to avoid hiring a criminal, sex offender or person with a penchant for violence.  It is clear that a part-time or seasonal worker can be just as disruptive and costly to an organization as a full time employee can be.

Full article: Summer’s Coming: Background Checks and Temporary Hires

Now Ordering Driving Records Online is Simple

Leave a reply

Driving Record Searches now Available to Monthly Billed Clients

If you are an employer that performs criminal background checks on potential employees and occasionally need to run driver history checks on some of them you can now do both at CriminalBackgroundRecords.com.  Not all job functions require a DMV check or motor vehicle history search but if you are going to have employees be driving company vehicles you are going to want to place a DMV/MVR background check on them first.

To order driver history reports on CriminalBackgroundRecords.com you need to first be signed up as a monthly billed member of the site.  If you go to the sites order page now, you will notice there is no input fields to place driver history searches through.  That is because the site has decided to make driving record searching only available to its monthly billed employment screening clients.  To become a monthly billed employment screening client of CriminalBackgroundRecords.com please send an email to bd@infoeinc.com and representative will assist you.

CriminalBackgroundRecords.com makes placing driving record searches easy and simple on its ordering page and allows employers to place multiple background checks on the same applicant within one quick order.  You can place a DMV check, criminal background check and social security number validation together in one simple order, saving you time and consolidating background reports.

Full article: Now Offering Driving Records in all 50 US States