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• Report Says Errors Are Common On Background Checks

  July 01, 2012 - by Paul Muschick | The Watchdog With jobs still scarce, employers can be choosier than ever before when deciding whom to hire. Many use background checks to help them make wise choices. But who's checking on the background check companies to make sure they are doing a good job? Several job seekers have sued background check companies, alleging that outdated or inaccurate information on their reports cost them precious jobs. A consumer rights agency, the National Consumer Law Center, said in a recent report that erroneous background reports are routine. The industry's trade association, the National Association of Professional Background Screeners, told me it will issue its own report soon that shows a low error ra...

• National Association of Professional Background Screeners Study Affirms Accuracy of Background Check

  July 01, 2012 - by Tom Ahearn The National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS) has announced that a recent study of background screening c...

• Les Rosen's Corner

  July 01, 2012 - Vermont to Limit Employers From Using Credit Reports for Employment Decisions Starting July 1 Continuing the trend of states stopping employers...

• Indiana Gets Tough On Criminal Records

  July 01, 2012 - by Rod Fliegel, Jennifer Mora, and William Simmons The EEOC's April 25, 2012 updated enforcement guidance on the use of arrest and convicti...

• The Background On Philippines NBI Clearances

  June 01, 2012 - by Steven Brownstein The Philippines NBI query a name. They'll get matching name results from all cases reported from the whole country...

• Bogus Address Thwarts NBI Philippines Clearance - Employer Robbed

  June 01, 2012 - by Kawawang Ale, Philippines I would like to share to you the sad fate we faced with a maid who robbed us. Her name is Cecelia Lazo Pacis, a na...

• Press Release Writing 101: Five Steps to an Attention-Grabbing Lead

  June 01, 2012 - by Andrew Hindes You've got eight seconds. Or maybe just four. There are varying estimates as to the average amount of time journalists...

• Obama's EEOC Runs Amok

  June 01, 2012 - by Jennifer Rubin The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), th agency that enforces federal anti-discrimination laws, shook up employ...

• NAPBS Accreditation: The Grandfathering Issue

  June 01, 2012 - by Derek Hinton Answer: The La Brea Tar Pits. Question: What do you have left after eating the La Brea Tar Peaches?     &nbs...

• Les Rosen's Corner Les Is Quoted On NPR

  June 01, 2012 - In an article recently published on the National Public Radio (NPR) website, Attorney and safe hiring expert Lester Rosen, founder and CEO of backg...

• Les Rosen Reports:Report on inaccurate criminal background checks may itself contain inaccuracies

  May 01, 2012 - A new report on background check companies from the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) called "Broken Records: How Errors by Criminal Backgro...

• Nashville Conference Was Rather Good

  May 01, 2012 - by Steven Brownstein The weekend of April 15th-17th brought the pre-employment screening community together for its annual conference. It w...

• Why Sealed Records Do Not Keep FBI Fingerprint Records From Showing Up

  May 01, 2012 - by Ryan Dube One of the most common questions that people ask when they are faced with applying for a new job is whether or not their criminal...

• What Will an Arrest Record Search Reveal?

  May 01, 2012 - by Amanda DiSilvestro The principal purpose of an arrest record search is to help you identify the bad seeds in a sea of candidates. Conducting...

• Are Background Check Hit Ratios Reliable?

  May 01, 2012 - by Steven Brownstein Where in the world do criminal record hit ratios come from in the background screening business and how reliable are they?...

• Drop In Youth Crime Baffles Experts

  May 01, 2012 - by Jeffrey Butts The state of Florida transfers far more juvenile offenders to the criminal (adult) court system than any other state in the na...

• Calgary Citizens Launch Public Sex Offender Registry

  May 01, 2012 - by Georgialee Lang You're a single mom with three young kids and unbeknownst to you, your next-door-neighbour is a convicted pedophile on p...

• EEOC: New Rules Set On Background Checks

  May 01, 2012 - by Eve Tahmincioglu Federal regulators Wednesday approved new rules that could make it easier to find work for convicted criminals and others w...