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December 16th, 2009
If you haven’t already forgotten the Salahi’s incident then you might find this incident to be somewhat humorous considering it occurred before anyone ever heard of the Salahi’s. According to a CNN report a Georgia couple accidentally attended a White House breakfast and even got to meet President Obama and the First Lady.
Harvey and Paula [...]
December 14th, 2009
When it comes to being employed by the government one would assume that they would be aware of when one of their own is wanted on a criminal warrant, especially after being placed on a national alert system.
According to an article on the Security Management website, Tahaya Buchanan, an employee of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration [...]
December 9th, 2009
A friend of mine shared this comic with me the other day. I couldn’t help but laugh especially since it pokes fun at “screening” a person. Imagine if a device really did exist that can scan a persons face and feed you information about them. Awesome huh? Realistically though, lets just stick to a good [...]
Read More »December 9th, 2009
Here is an eclectic bunch of news stories that are pertinent to backing up the importance of a background check done right.
A police department should never question its hiring practices.
According to a local ABC news affiliate in Chattanooga, TN, the hiring process of a local police station is put into question after two officers were [...]
December 7th, 2009
A Los Angleles Times investigation gives us insight into the poor hiring practices of many temp and staffing agencies. Due to “chronic nursing shortages and scant regulation” many firms are cutting corners in order to cash in on a $4-billion industry.
Together with a nonprofit newsroom ProPublica, the Los Angeles Times “found dozens of instances in [...]
December 1st, 2009
Despite the fact that there is now apparent emails that the offenders, Tareq and Michaele Salahi had contact with a Defense official regarding attendance to state dinner, they were never officially invited. The Secret Service is undergoing an investigation to figure out how exactly they were able to get through initial checkpoints. Officials are not [...]
Read More »November 18th, 2009
For those employers who made the decision to keep it’s strongest performing employees over their weaker counterparts, you may have something to worry about. As the U.S. economy improves those strong performers may start to stray as better job opportunities present themselves. According to a Wall Street Journal article, the number of workers quitting jobs [...]
Read More »November 18th, 2009
According to a USA Today report, more and more job seekers are going outside the US in search of job opportunities. 54% of executives said they’d be likely or highly likely to accept a foreign post, up from 37% in 2005. With foreign countries such as India, China and Dubai, rebounding faster from the global [...]
Read More »November 3rd, 2009
According to a recent article in Time magazine, more and more firms are conducting long-distance webcam interviews as a “cheap, low-hassle way to vet job candidates”. Many companies are drawn to it for its ability to save them time and money. Online retailer Zappos had used Skype internally and decided to use it for interviews. [...]
Read More »October 30th, 2009
Since there are a plethora of background screening related news out there and since I can’t possibly post a commentary on every single article I’ve decided to start a twitter page for Xact Check. Start following us today!
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