Written by Kandi Chapman, President MBI Worldwide Background Checks 93 Percent of people that apply for a position in the retail industry lie during the job application process. The Federal Bureau of Investigations says employee theft is one of the fastest growing crimes in the United States. Employees stole more $15.2 billion dollars from the workplace in 2014. That’s more than one-third …
Background Checks and Diploma Mills
A background check or background investigation is the process of looking up and compiling criminal records, commercial records and financial records. Background checks are often requested by employers on job candidates, especially on candidates seeking a position that requires high security or a position of trust, such as in a school, hospital, financial institution, airport, and government. These checks …
Ban the What? Oh, #BanTheBox
By now, almost everyone, HR related or not, has heard of “Ban the Box”. It is a movement that is endorsed by both state and national levels of various movements which is meant to safeguard those with past convictions an opportunity at employment. Does the Ban the box movement effect hiring companies and background check companies?? Yes it most certainly does. …
DANGER! DANGER! FRAUD ALERT! EDUCATION VERIFICATION SHOULD BE A CRUCIAL STEP IN YOUR HIRING PROCESS
Verifying a job candidate’s education is an important step in the background check and employment screening process of an applicant. It also represents one of the most common areas where an applicant may falsify information on his or her resume. MBI Worldwide has a 29 percent discrepancy rate on a job applicant’s education history. That’s an astounding number. Looking at 100 applications …
Another Company Gets Hit With FCRA Class Action Lawsuit
Many hiring managers and H.R. professionals have recently heard the repeated cries of legal publications over the ever increasing EEOC enforcement and FCRA Class Action Lawsuits against employers, or more importantly your office. Politically motivated EEOC, and litigation hungry attorneys, have found a new industry that have them foaming at the mouth, “Adverse Action and proper policy on Disclosure and Authorizations requirements …
