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3 Reasons You Need To Be Doing Secure Background Checks for Your Company Featured Image

3 Reasons You Need To Be Doing Secure Background Checks for Your Company

Many companies rely on thorough, secure background checks for employees and volunteers. If you don’t already, you might consider hiring a service...

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10 Celebrities You'd Be Surprised Have a Criminal Record Featured Image

10 Celebrities You'd Be Surprised Have a Criminal Record

Celebrities have it all, right? Oodles of money, beautiful homes, great cars, and personal trainers. But one thing many of them also have that’s not...

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Why some courthouses take a long time to process searches Featured Image

Why some courthouses take a long time to process searches

An important detail to understand about the length of time a background check takes is that it is jurisdictionally driven. There are approximately...

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Top Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Background Screening Company Featured Image

Top Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Background Screening Company

This article provides critical insight on which questions to ask when looking to hire a new background check company. We will explore these four...

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Screening Tips for Park & Recreation Agencies Featured Image

Screening Tips for Park & Recreation Agencies

Volunteers are an important part of running your summer camps and programs, but are you screening them properly to make sure you’re keeping your...

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Background Check Turn Around Times

Turnaround times (TAT) are one of the most significant drivers of client satisfaction in respect to background screening. Quicker TATs accelerate...

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The Truth About

The Truth About "National" Databases

One of the most important parts of understanding search methodology for HR professionals is understanding that a "nationwide" database of criminal...

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Michigan Law Now Requiring Screeners for Elderly Caregivers Featured Image

Michigan Law Now Requiring Screeners for Elderly Caregivers

Michigan has now made it a mandatory law to run a background check on employees, subcontractors, and volunteers who work with senior citizens.

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Civil Records 101

Learn how civil searches are different than criminal and why it may be smart to add one to the background screen. Civil and criminal records are...

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Building a Better Database

Learn how BIB is building a better database! A Guest Blog from our Research Department. BIB’s database houses lots of information and records. When...

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