Brad Jones

The Scoop on Nationwide Criminal Databases

They are advertised all over the internet. Run a nationwide criminal record search on anyone for this (insert low amount) price! Or, if a hiring manager at your organization, you may include a Nationwide Criminal and Sex Offender search to your background... Read >

Tenant Screening: The Best Money a Landlord Can Spend

In 2009, the construction of new apartment buildings came to a grinding halt, resulting in a larger than normal pool of renters looking for properties to call home. To the independent landlord, this is good news. Rental units in the current market a... Read >

Social Security Randomization. Good for Some, Bad for Others.

Important to: employers, property managers, non-profit organizations and financial institutions. As of June 25th, 2011... Newly issued Social Security numbers, (assigned primarily to newborns and new U.S. Citizens), received an extra layer of protect... Read >

Don't Let F.C.R.A Adverse Action Rules Have an Adverse Effect on Your Company!

F.C.R.A Compliance doesn't have to be daunting. In fact, it's pretty easy to stay on track when you have built in tools and guidance through your screening provider. If you're not sure about your procedures, have new HR employees, or just need a refresher... Read >

Business Background Checks...The OTHER Background Check.

The risk involved with hiring an employee is well understood, making pre-employment background checks a routine practice for most companies. Business background checks however, are far less commonplace; but why? Excluding small daily purchases and transac... Read >

What Applicants and Employers Should Know About Applicant Background Screening.

Whether you're a human resources professional or a person searching for employment, it helps to understand what's taking place during the background screening process. Nobody wants a mistake from the past disrupt your career of the future. Now more than e... Read >

How Much Do You Really Know About Your Background Screening Process?

"A Killer's Lie Missed" Two days prior to this Columbus Dispatch headline a supervisor in the maintenance division of Ohio State University was shot and killed, another supervisor wounded. The suspect, a disgruntled ex-employee recently terminated from hi... Read >

Why Do Employers Want to Check my Credit Report?

post by Stacie Smart In today’s tough employment market, employers are turning to credit reports as a tool to sort through pools of applicants more than ever before. According to the Society for Human Resources Management, 60 percent of employers are usi... Read >

Past Employment Verifications vs. Professional Reference Verifications

When it's time to create (or update) your applicant screening package, which packs more punch for the price? While utilizing two or more of each verification type is ideal, we understand it's not always budget permissible. The following information wil... Read >

How Do I Choose the Right Criminal Record Searches for Our Employment Screening Process?

How Do I Choose the Right Criminal Record Searches for Our Employment Screening Process? Simply telling an employment screening company that you want a criminal record search as a part of your employment screening package is comparable to telling a wait... Read >

Governor Quinn Signs Law to End Pre-Employment Credit Checks

Is this the end for pre-employment credit checks in Illinois!!! The latest press release from the governor's office in Illinois would have you think so. Governor Pat Quinn is touting himself as a hero to the unemployed having just signed a bill into law ... Read >

Why Search Corporate Records? Why Not?

We've updated all of our Corporate Records and UCC filings links! Corporate records are a widely available, usually free, and completely underused source of information. When would they come in handy you ask? Any of the following would be a perfect examp... Read >

Free Criminal Background Checks on the Internet? Is it True?

The FREE Background check has been one of the most frequently advertised and often misleading products on the Internet since the beginnings of World Wide Web time. A safe rule of thumb is: if someone is paying to advertise it, then it's not free. You will... Read >

What You Need to Know About Employment Background Screening!

Don't let a mistake from the past disrupt your career of the future. Now more than ever, people are changing jobs or looking for work. More so out of necessity than by choice. The applicant pools are bigger than ever so companies can be more selective in ... Read >

Got Money? Then Protect It!

We've all received the call from the Broker who has a hot tip on a new IPO and they really truly honestly want you to take advantage of this information for the good of you and your family. "Don't miss the boat" they'll tell you. "It's a once in a lifetim... Read >