by Nick Fishman

As posted on Xtra Cheezhead earlier this week.

Okay, so Michael Vick, former quarterback of the Atlanta Falcons sends you his resume to become your next Latex Salesman (I finally get to use a Seinfeld reference). Let’s say you have been living under a rock for the last few years and you don’t know who he is. You decide to conduct a background check. What will you find? That all depends on where you look. Up until last week, the only charges filed against Vick related to his involvement in a dog fighting ring were in Federal Court. He has pleaded guilty, so let’s say for the sake of argument that the Federal Court has appropriately updated their system. In order to find this conviction, you would have had to conduct a Federal District Criminal Search. A County Court Record Search would not identify this particular conviction. Now, separate charges have since been filed in Surrey County, VA. A conviction has not occurred so while you might be able to find the charges by performing a County Criminal Record Search in Surry County, you would just see a pending case. In most states you can use a pending case in the hiring decision. In some states, you cannot (another topic for another post).

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by Nick Fishman

So instead of slamming the Cincinnati Public School system for not conducting background checks up until now, I’ll congratulate them on making a wise decision and use the findings published in the Cincinnati Enquirer as a cautionary tale for those responsible for protecting our students what you might be exposing yourself and the people you represent to if you do not. After conducting a cursory database criminal records check, the schools found the 1 in 4 drivers had some type of criminal record. Records were are serious as drunken driving and domestic violence. That’s a little scary. Imagine what they would have found it they did a more thorough check!

by Kevin Bachman

This week, I am attending the 16th Annual Service Quality Conference in San Diego, presented by the American Society For Quality. ASQ is a global organization whose role promoting sound practices has earned them worldwide respect. Companies all over the world have sent their staff to San Diego to learn cutting edge service techniques from respected thought leaders across a variety of disciplines.

We are a rapidly growing organization; both a function of increased demand and our performance as a best practices background screening provider. Taking advantage of the latest management and service philosophies ensures we continually meet our commitment to our clients’ changing needs.

From the looks of it, we are the only employment screening company in attendance. I will post several times throughout the conference with updates.