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Les Rosen's Corner Eight Truths Employers Should Know
July 01, 2011 - Employment screening background checks have become a mission critical task to ensure employers avoid the legal and financial nightmare of hiring employees who are unfit, unqualified, dangerous, or dishonest. However, some employers have misconceptions concerning background checks. Here are eight simple truths every business, both large and small, should know about employment screening background checks. Truth #1. "Gut instincts" are not enough: It does not matter how good an employer is at interviewing, "gut instincts" are rarely enough to base a hiring decision on. There is a growing body of scientific evidence that suggests that people are not nearly as good at detecting liars as they think. Th...
EEOC Reconsiders Policy On Criminal Background Checks
July 01, 2011 - by Lisa Rein The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is reexamining its requirement that employers do criminal background checks on job app...
FTC Says "Yes" To Facebook Activity Inclusion In Background Checks
July 01, 2011 - by Rich Harris You now have another reason to check your privacy settings. According to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, Social Intellige...
Steve Brownstein Has Not Retired (The Background Investigator)
July 01, 2011 - Steve Brownstein, the Background Investigator, has not retired. (dated August 18,20011). I have found there are many individuals with ...
Throwing Away 'Throw Away The Key' In Ohio
June 01, 2011 - by Jessica Alaimo Judge Richard Berens knows there are problems with Ohio's corrections system and more needs to be done to help ex-prisone...
New Guidelines Can Hurt Rather Than Help
June 01, 2011 - by Steven Brownstein I'm still hemming and hawing about my recent experience with the NAPBS guidleline exam for USA domestic court record r...
The Background Investigator Goes To Botswana
June 01, 2011 - by Faheem Ebrahim In a continuing series, The Background Investigator, is sending its attorneys to various countries around the world to exp...
Data Shows Sharp Decline In 2010 Background Checks
June 01, 2011 - by Erik Potter The number of criminal background checks requested by Brockton (Mass.) Public Schools fell 71 percent from 2007 to 2010 accordin...
Les Rosen’s Corner,A monthly column by Lester Rosen, Attorney at Law Maryland Latest State To Res
June 01, 2011 - Joining four other U.S. states - Hawaii, Illinois, Oregon, and Washington - prohibiting the use of credit information by employers, Maryland has en...
Mad Hatters Join A Long History Of Cap-Loving Criminal Suspects
June 01, 2011 - by Joe Swickard Clothes may make the man, but hats can make the hoodlums. The Mad Hatters, a gang of grannies who authorities say have been...
Advice for India: Screen Those Ex-Infosys Execs Well
June 01, 2011 - by Don Tennant As top executives at Infosys Technologies leave the company and begin other pursuits, their prospective employers would be well-...
Dennnis Brownstein's Extreme Court News - Updated June 23, 2011
June 01, 2011 - Fear - Trio Of Odd Occurrences At Pittsburgh Courthouse A man who pleaded guilty to spray-painting a death threat against Judge Jeffrey A. Mann...
Puerto Rico Mother's Maiden Names Make A Difference In Record Searches by Steven Brownstein
June 01, 2011 - by Steven Brownstein You can have a problem if you lack providing the mother's maiden name with your Puerto Rico search. Pr...
Airline Background Check-Less Security Shocker
June 01, 2011 - By Larry Celona and Bill Sanderson In a colossal failure of 9/11 security measures, an illegal immigrant used the stolen ID of a Bronx man with...
Likening The Criminal Justice System To A Baseball Game
June 01, 2011 - by Steven Brownstein I came across this analogy while I was looking for information about the North Dakota (of all places) Judiciary. Read...
FBI Announces Creation of Biometric Database
May 01, 2011 - by Daniel Sayani The FBI announced that its new identification system has reached its initial operating capacity. Known as Next Generation Iden...
The (Security) Check Is At The Mail, Canada
May 01, 2011 - by Bradley Bouzane Canada Post has jumped on board with one of the country's leading pre-employment screeners to speed up the process of...
North Carolina Courts Raise Prices
May 01, 2011 - By Mandy Locke, Charlotte Observer Checking on your baby sitter's or blind date's criminal history in North Carolina just got a little...
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