A background check can sink a job offer if prospective employers don’t like what they see. While they can request to have a lot of information about a job candidate’s past included in such a report, ...

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Job applicant loses offer when background check calls him a sex offender. Aug. 29, 2011 — -- Samuel Jackson thought his job offer from Optics Planet was a done deal -- but then a routine ...

For many companies, running a background check on a prospective employee is the final step before making a hire. A school might run a background check to make sure a potential teacher is properly ...

As the economy emerges from the pandemic, hiring has been on the rebound, and with it, employment background screening. According to the Professional Background Screening Association (PBSA), ...

Employers are scrambling to hire, and business is booming at Sterling Check, a company that scrutinizes job applicants’ past for information omitted in résumés and that doesn’t come up in interviews.

A founder revealed that a candidate was rejected after a background check exposed an edited experience letter. | Trending ...

They didn’t ask very many questions.” Independent journalist and U.S. military veteran Laura Jedeed recounts how she was ...

The dispute in Kinder v. TransUnion Rental Screening Solutions, Inc. is one of several cases centered on allegedly errant background checks over the past year. Two such cases involved HR services firm ...

Do you cringe when a company requires a background check? Do you worry that your less-than-stellar credit might cost you the ...