Your Employee Did WHAT Last Weekend?
Have you ever looked at a scene in a photograph and wondered what happened next. Much like that photograph, a background check cannot tell you what happens next. For an [...]
Healthcare Related Searches
In addition to the standard identity and criminal record searches that are part of the typical employment background check there are a number of specialized searches that apply to the [...]
Treat Volunteer Screening the Same as Employment Screening
Organizations need to treat volunteering screening the same as employment screening. In this article we will discuss some of the considerations of using background screening for volunteers – specifically making [...]
Confirming Applicant Information is Essential for Proper Hiring
Your company is a great place to work. Applicants would do anything for a chance to join your team. Some of those applicants, according to studies, would even falsify information [...]
The Power of AKA
Hello, my name is Matthew, but you can call me Matt or Mateo or Mateus or Matevz or any of 25 other variations. Actually Matthew is my middle name, which [...]
The Biggest Myth About Matching Records
I’m going to share a little known fact about background screening – an applicant’s social security number is not used directly in matching criminal records. Put simply, when PeopleFacts conducts [...]
Good Data Entry is Key to Proper Results
We’ve all been there - you come to an online form that is asking for dozens of pieces of information. So naturally you look for the standard little red asterisks [...]