by Kit Fremin cv \ ' With a myriad of online dating services available, many people want to conduct background checks on their online acquaintances or lovers. When they conduct the check the three main things they wish to know about a potential fiancé are: 1. Their financial status including credit, job and assets. 2. Their marital status including family, alimony and child support. 3. Their criminal history or lack thereof. Here are some things that you must know before

BY KIT FREMIN In today’s world background checks on other people have become a necessary part of our business and sometimes, personal life. What parent now days would not first check a person’s background before they hire a nanny for their children, for example? And what small business wouldn’t check the background of a person hired to manage the bank accounts of that business? Large businesses issue Requests For Proposals to choose a background check company that best s

By Kit Fremin “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 personal 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

By Kit Fremin To thoroughly understand the process of conducting “real” criminal records background checks it is necessary to have a rudimentary understanding of the structure of the court system in the state where the search is conducted, especially with respect to consolidated courts and how criminal records are kept and dispersed. The very simple definition (by me) of a consolidated court is one where the Superior or District or Circuit court clerk’s office keeps and dispe

by Kit Fremin If you are faced with the possibility of having to undergo a background check as a prerequisite for obtaining a new job you may be wondering how your right to privacy conflicts with your employer’s right to know more about you; especially with regard to any possible criminal history and past job performance. As a person whose company has performed tens of thousands of background checks I would like to present some facts of which you may not be aware. Fact #

July 28, 2021 Kit Fremin 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 f

JULY 28, 2021 Kit Fremin 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 i