“THOSE” PEOPLE Several years ago I called and spoke to a New York based magazine editor who was listed as a personal reference for an applicant that we were doing a background check on. While talking to her she told me that she thought that background checks were a horrible invasion of one’s privacy and that she thought that they should be outlawed. She couldn’t believe that her former assistant’s new prospective employer would subject her to what was clearly an affront to h

A small business owner in San Diego County told me recently that they were using one of these brand name “Instant Nationwide” background check services that was, in fact, recommended by their liability insurance carrier. When I showed the gentleman on the service’s own website that they search nothing in San Diego County he was naturally upset and alarmed. He said that they had been using the service for years to screen their employees. I asked if he ever got a criminal rec

You’ve just received a background check on a potential new employee and the check shows negative information on your applicant that you were unaware of. It could be a criminal record or a previous job where the person was fired or performed badly. What do you do now? If you are an individual, small business or a business that does not have a written procedure for handling a negative report on a background check you may be in uncharted waters as far as what you should do next