What is Workplace Violence and What Does it Have to do with Background Checks?
*This post is part of our continuing April coverage of Workplace Violence Awareness Month. Click on these headlines to read our other pieces:Hiring Millenials – Why Adding Workplace Perks Shouldn’t be...
View ArticleFollow These Top Tips for Background Checking Your New CEO
Not too long ago on ActiveCare we tackled a touchy subject – the apparently incomplete and/or lackadaisical vetting of CEO’s, upper management and other C-Suite candidates. Click on the headlines below...
View ArticleCRA Background Check or FBI Fingerprint? What You REALLY Need to Know
ICYMI, we did a series of profiles on some of our wonderful Active Screening team members at the start of the year. Our goal was to give you an inside look at our intelligent decision makers and...
View ArticleWill My Mental Health Record Show Up in My Background Check?
Mental health and mental illnesses are sensitive subjects. As much as society would like to pat itself on the back for being more open-minded these days, the undeniable fact is that mental illness...
View ArticleShould Social Workers Be Screened?
Wisconsin issued nearly 40,000 licenses last year for social workers and other occupations regulated by the Department of Safety and Professional Services. Guess how many of those applicants were...
View ArticleWhy You Need A Paperless Applicant Entry System
A quick Google search of ‘Applicant Entry System’ turns up a lot of tech jargon. You’ll see terms like:configurablestreamlinedauto-submissionpre-populatedThese terms may not mean much to you unless...
View Article5 Steps to Screen Your Contractor
Hiring a contractor is scary. Whether you’re entrusting them to build your dream home or oversee a renovation, you’re inviting your contractor into your inner circle. They will become familiar with...
View ArticleWho Needs A Background Check Before Entering Our Schools?
There is a nearly universal expectation that when we send our children to school, they will be safe. Parents put an enormous amount of trust into the people who are caring for our kids, some of whom...
View ArticleIs a Fingerprint Check Enough to Ensure a Quality In-Home Caregiver?
A new wave of people needing in-home healthcare services is rapidly approaching. Tens of millions of retirees are already accessing later-in-life healthcare services, and that is projected to grow...
View ArticleNational Background Check Program for Long-Term Care Employees Under Review
Background checks are widely considered the most effective tool at flagging predators who may abuse, neglect and/or exploit our most vulnerable populations, including the elderly, children, and people...
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Marijuana and Background Checks: What You Need to Know in 2016
Marijuana advocates have celebrated a couple of banner years in their movement to legalize the substance, or at least allow its use for medicinal purposes. Four states and Washington, D.C. have already...
View ArticleAvoid FCRA Trouble with these Social Media Screening Tips
Using social media as a screening tool sometimes seems too good to be true. And, if you don’t follow the law, it can be. This law firm reports that there is “nothing inherently unlawful” about social...
View ArticleCRA Background Check or FBI Fingerprint? What You REALLY Need to Know
ICYMI, we did a series of profiles on some of our wonderful Active Screening team members at the start of the year. Our goal was to give you an inside look at our intelligent decision makers and...
View ArticleWill My Mental Health Record Show Up in My Background Check?
Mental health and mental illnesses are sensitive subjects. As much as society would like to pat itself on the back for being more open-minded these days, the undeniable fact is that mental illness...
View ArticleShould Social Workers Be Screened?
Wisconsin issued nearly 40,000 licenses last year for social workers and other occupations regulated by the Department of Safety and Professional Services. Guess how many of those applicants were...
View ArticleWhy You Need A Paperless Applicant Entry System
A quick Google search of ‘Applicant Entry System’ turns up a lot of tech jargon. You’ll see terms like:configurablestreamlinedauto-submissionpre-populatedThese terms may not mean much to you unless...
View Article5 Steps to Screen Your Contractor
Hiring a contractor is scary. Whether you’re entrusting them to build your dream home or oversee a renovation, you’re inviting your contractor into your inner circle. They will become familiar with...
View ArticleWho Needs A Background Check Before Entering Our Schools?
There is a nearly universal expectation that when we send our children to school, they will be safe. Parents put an enormous amount of trust into the people who are caring for our kids, some of whom...
View ArticleIs a Fingerprint Check Enough to Ensure a Quality In-Home Caregiver?
A new wave of people needing in-home healthcare services is rapidly approaching. Tens of millions of retirees are already accessing later-in-life healthcare services, and that is projected to grow...
View ArticleNational Background Check Program for Long-Term Care Employees Under Review
Background checks are widely considered the most effective tool at flagging predators who may abuse, neglect and/or exploit our most vulnerable populations, including the elderly, children, and people...
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