In recent years, the way individuals—and businesses—communicate has dramatically changed, and one of the primary drivers behind that change has been the advent of “social media”. Technological innovations have been [...]
Today’s employment market is the classic example of “good news/bad news”: the good news is that a recovering economy means more jobs, and a shrinking number of unemployed Americans. The [...]
Maybe you have made the decision that your organization needs to participate in background screening, or maybe you have made the opposite decision. Regardless, it is imperative that you understand [...]
At an ever increasing rate, companies are implementing a background screening process into their hiring process – this occurrence raises the question of why? Why are companies perpetuating the trend [...]
When you are hiring, is fear a primary motivation for diving into the history of an applicant? Starting off your hiring process with fear as your motivation is a dangerous [...]
Landlords have many tools available to them when it comes to determining whether an applicant is eligible to rent a particular property. Use the five following suggestions to help bring [...]
There was a time, in the not-too-distant past, when white collar employment implicitly meant that an American employee would need to travel to an office building in order to earn [...]
The first thing a landlord should do is to properly restrict access to and prevent wrongful disclosure of a tenant screening report. This is because credit and consumer reports can [...]
Once a tenant relationship exists, the landlord should follow a written policy describing the circumstances under which the landlord will be allowed to run an updated report on the tenant [...]
By choosing to background screen a prospective tenant, a landlord chooses to be subject to the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), along with a host of state and local [...]
