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Employment Background Check New Client Specials
By Patrick K. Collard – Managing Member & Corporate Investigator 1-888-GOBACK-1 ext. 83 | patrickc@GObackgrounds.com Beginning January 4, 2010, GObackgrounds.com will be offering new clients four criminal searches with savings of 20%. The Search Types included are: County Criminal that … Continue reading
States Expunging Records to Aid Employment
By Patrick K. Collard – Managing Member & Corporate Investigator 1-888-GOBACK-1 ext. 83 | patrickc@GObackgrounds.com The State of Florida is in the forefront of helping its citizens gain employment in a most perplexing way. The State of Florida has actively … Continue reading
Utah Clarifies Changes In Employment Selection Procedures Act
By Patrick K. Collard – Managing Member & Corporate Investigator 1-888-GOBACK-1 ext. 83 | patrickc@GObackgrounds.com During its last legislative session, the Utah state legislature passed the Employment Selection Procedures Act, which became effective May 12, 2009. This law, which applies … Continue reading
Companies Continue to Employ Frauds!
By Greg Haap – Sr. Sales Executive 1-888-GOBACK-1 ext. 82 | gregh@GObackgrounds.com From the ‘Nurse of the Year’ who really isn’t a nurse (See Article), to the felon representing a government contractor (See Article); one would think employers across the … Continue reading
48,000 Childcare Workers Lack Criminal Checks
A legal loophole means more than 48,000 people who work with children have not had proper criminal records checks. There is no law to ensure those who were registered to work in childcare before 2001 – when checks were toughened … Continue reading
The New York Times: Not Doing Background Checks can Destroy your Company
By Patrick K. Collard – Managing Member & Corporate Investigator 1-888-GOBACK-1 ext. 83 | patrickc@GObackgrounds.com According to The New York Times article, Eleven Easy Ways to Destroy Your Company, not doing background checks is number 4. See the original article … Continue reading
Some States Require Background Checks to be Performed by Licensed Investigators
By Patrick K. Collard – Managing Member & Corporate Investigator 1-888-GOBACK-1 ext. 83 | patrickc@GObackgrounds.com Nearly 30 states require employment background checks to be performed by a licensed investigation firm. Is your current background check company a licensed investigations firm? … Continue reading
Why should you resist doing your own background checks?
By Patrick K. Collard – Managing Member & Corporate Investigator 1-888-GOBACK-1 ext. 83 | patrickc@GObackgrounds.com We realize that the challenging economy has allowed companies to further examine their expenses in doing business. Tragically some companies are attempting to do their … Continue reading
Some Urge Removal of Criminal Record Boxes from Job Applications
Finding a job is hard enough in this economy, but for convicted felons, it can be nearly impossible. As more are being paroled to save the State of Michigan money, advocates for ex-offenders say that getting rid of a check … Continue reading
You’ve Heard of Fake Degrees. How about a Fake Job History and Fake References?
By Patrick K. Collard – Managing Member & Corporate Investigator 1-888-GOBACK-1 ext. 83 | patrickc@GObackgrounds.com I recently wrote an article about fake diplomas and fake transcripts that are ubiquitously for sale on the Internet. Degrees from prestigious colleges like UCLA, … Continue reading