What’s Included in a Criminal Background Investigation?
Conducting criminal record checks helps employers make more informed hiring decisions, reducing risk and liability. It's likely why roughly 92% of...
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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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The Use of Gender Pronouns in Background Checks
More than 1 million nonbinary adults live in the United States today, according to a study revealed in the Washington Post. This growing population...
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What to do if a Candidate “Fails” a Background Check
When you’re looking to fill a job, it’s easy to get excited about the prospect of finding the right candidate. However, even if everything looks on...
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Tinder's new feature will let users run background checks on their matches
Tinder, the dating app best known for its left-or-right swiping mechanics, is rolling out a new feature that helps users run background checks on...
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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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Marijuana Laws and How it Effects Your Hiring Practices
Recruiters, managers and HR professionals need to be aware that marijuana is legal in more than half of all U.S. states and it will become...
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How Do We Really Know?
Wondering how we verify that criminal records belong to your applicant? In this article we will break down the steps we take to make sure it's really...
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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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