RELIABLE BACKGROUND SCREENING INDUSTRY NEWS AND ARTICLES

All businesses face similar challenges when it comes to background screening. Challenges result from regulatory-driven requirements, compliance issues, liability mitigation… and the need to protect the organization’s image and reputation. But each industry faces its own unique challenges, particularly in the special case of the healthcare segment of the economy. The healthcare industry is an aggregation and integration of sectors within the economic system that provides goods and services to treat patients or clients with curative, preventive, rehabilitative, and palliative care. It includes the generation and commercialization of goods and services lending themselves to maintaining and re-establishing health. The modern healthcare industry [...]

Many companies and organizations that need to verify an applicant’s credentials – be it education, professional license, driver’s license, work experience, or income – rely on proof submitted by the individual who is applying for whatever position the company or organization is attempting to fill. The position may be a job, a volunteer, a franchisee, a country club member, a tenant for a rental unit, or even a board of director for the organization or company. Relying on any documentation submitted by the “interested party,” i.e., the actual applicant, is an extremely poor business practice that places the company or organization at [...]

Searching for civil records and litigation checks can largely be a waste of dollars and time. As a consumer reporting agency (CRA), Reliable Background Screening understands this. Sadly, many other companies will sell civil record searches or litigation searches, while disavowing that they are a CRA. By stating they are NOT a CRA, these other companies sell information essentially as a data dump, and refuse any responsibility for providing either false positives or false omissions. Many individuals believe there is a “complete litigation” check that is possible. Unfortunately most companies will sell civil court record searches, and not explain the difficulties involved. [...]

With 2017 ending with record highs in the stock market, the job market for 2018 is expected to be robust. In addition to many companies hiring for new positions, the rate at which people will be quitting jobs is expected to be about twice the level it was during the economic collapse of the “great recession.” Thus, the need for hiring will exist at countless companies and organizations, and that also necessitates employee background checks. Whether it’s a small business, municipal government, multinational corporation, or a non-profit – organizations and companies need to properly vet new hires to protect their brand, their [...]