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Oregon To Join The Growing National Trend To “Ban The Box” In Hiring Practices

Oregon will soon become the seventh state to enact “ban the box” legislation prohibiting private employers from inquiring about the criminal histories of a job applicant on employment applications. On June 25, 2015, Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed into law House Bill 3025.  This bill makes it unlawful employment practice for an employer to exclude an applicant from an initial …

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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. …

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Maiden Names, Nicknames and AKA’s…. OH MY!

When ordering an employment background check from an Employment Screening Company, it is important to order it using the correct name of the applicant you are wanting the criminal report on. If you believe that criminal names are stored under a person’s social security number, you have been misled. This is a common misconception that many people do not realize …

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Seven Tips to Get Through Your Background Check Process With No Headache

Often times, in the background check business, we find that some background screenings are more difficult to complete than others. Some require constant phone calls to references who may be on leave. Often times we will try for days to contact a reference who will tell us when we finally make contact that due to company policy they are unable to …

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MBI’s Committed Customer Service

Hello from your data entering friend at MBI ☺, it is my job to enter the “paper requests” we get from our clients, and look for potential issues with a request. While I’m fairly new to MBI Worldwide, here’s what I can tell you so far. When companies tell you they will make something a priority and give it their …