TRUST THE SOURCE
New blog by GroupOne Director Danny Davila
The background screening industry has access to a vast amount of data. One of the first lessons learned in my Human Resources (HR) career
was that a background report was not the source of a single database, but a collection of information from many agencies
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The report consists of five components, including criminal, sanction, employment, education and licensure sources. Criminal information is secured from multi-jurisdictional sources and run against courthouse records. This identifies if the candidate has a criminal record. It’s not unusual for names to be common. We then explore birth date, driver’s license and social security numbers to avoid misidentification. Lawsuits can arise when employers are too quick to report results.
