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Expungement Efforts Take Center Stage in Several States Expungement

Expungement Efforts Take Center Stage in Several States

For some job-seekers, the most harrowing part of the application process is not the interview but the initial paperwork. For those who live in areas w...

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How Much Does a Criminal Background Check Cost Criminal background check

How Much Does a Criminal Background Check Cost

If you are conducting a criminal background check—whether on yourself or a prospective employee—one of your top questions is probably, “how much does ...

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Which Direct Court Searches Should I Add to My Multi-jurisdictional Criminal Database Search? Platform How To

Which Direct Court Searches Should I Add to My Multi-jurisdictional Criminal Database Search?

It takes time for courts to feed information into state repositories. Consequently, a multi-jurisdictional search may not always include the most rece...

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How Your Driver's License Status Affects Your Auto Insurance Rate Driving Records

How Your Driver's License Status Affects Your Auto Insurance Rate

One of the things that can change if you get a cited for a traffic offense is your driver’s license status. As minor offenses pile up on your driving ...

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Regulating a Growing Industry: The Role of Background Checks in the Cannabis Sector Cannabis

Regulating a "Growing" Industry: The Role of Background Checks in the Cannabis Sector

The retreat of the War on Drugs on the issue of marijuana sparked a revolution and led to the genesis of a new industry as businesses and entrepreneur...

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Drug Test Warning: Products Like Cannabidiol Can Result in Failed Drug Screenings Drug Screening

Drug Test Warning: Products Like Cannabidiol Can Result in Failed Drug Screenings

Even if you aren’t using marijuana, there is a possibility small traces of THC could show up on an employment-related drug screening. According to a r...

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Background Checks for Healthcare Professionals Health Care

Background Checks for Healthcare Professionals

Healthcare professionals have jobs that involve immense levels of responsibility as well as ample opportunities for both error and abuse. From doctors...

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What Types of Information Can Employers Release for Employment Verification? Verifications

What Types of Information Can Employers Release for Employment Verification?

Conducting employment verification is a key part of the hiring process. How should your business handle it when other employers ask you for informatio...

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Dallas Man’s Fake Resume and SSN Should Have Been Detected with Employment Verification and Background Checks Verifications

Dallas Man’s Fake Resume and SSN Should Have Been Detected with Employment Verification and Background Checks

Heads are still reeling in Dallas, TX after city employees failed to detect multiple problems with a new hire’s resume. That new hire, Antoine Flowers...

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University President Admits Lack of Judgment in Hiring Felon School and Education

University President Admits Lack of Judgment in Hiring Felon

Following the arrest of a former accountant, the President of the Mississippi University for Women, Dr. Jim Borsig, admits that an unreliable hiring p...

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Will You See a Sealed Record or Expungement on a Background Check? Expungement

Will You See a Sealed Record or Expungement on a Background Check?

When an individual successfully petitions for a criminal record expungement, will background checks continue to show that conviction? See what happens...

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Delaware State University Administrator Outed as a Felon School and Education

Delaware State University Administrator Outed as a Felon

State legislators and other individuals serving as Trustees for Delaware State University were shocked to learn that Freddie A Asinor, the head of the...

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