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Background Screening
Who is Doing Your Background Screening?
Is your company looking for a background screening company? Or is your company reviewing your current screening vendor? Here are some important things to consider: How long have they been in business? With more companies doing background checks, the industry has grown by leaps and bounds. BackTrack has been in business since 1994, and our .. read more
Software Technology at BackTrack
Does your current background screening provider offer your company choices of how to receive your reports or your invoices? Does your provider give you flexibility to sort invoices by applicant name, cost code or any other criteria you decide? Do you have to do it their way or the way you want things done? At .. read more
How long should you keep employment records?
Clients have asked us how long do they need to keep the background screening reports that we supply to them. According to the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) Section 618, the statute of limitations states that employees may bring a claim not later than the earlier of: (1) two years after the individual discovers the .. read more
Social Networks and Background Screening
Social networking has exploded over the past several years. FaceBook®, Twitter®, LinkedIn® and other sites allow your current and potential employees to create and maintain a web presence. Type social networking and employment screening into a search engine and look at the hundreds of thousands of hits related to this topic stating both the pros .. read more
Online Retrieval
Do you want to know the status of your background screening reports as soon as information is reported no matter the time of day or day of the week? Most of our clients do. How do they stay informed? By taking advantage of our online retrieval site. Our online retrieval site is easy to use .. read more
How Did You Do That?
A common question we get is where do we get our information for the background screening reports we provide to our clients. There is a large misconception that secret databases and information stockpiles exist and that by simply typing in a person’s name or social security number you’ll get to know everything about the person. .. read more
What is the Background Screening Process at BackTrack?
We frequently get these questions from new clients, how do I send my background screening request to BackTrack, what happens to my background screening report once BackTrack receives it, how will I know when my report is ready? The answers are simple. Once your standard procedures have been established, all your company needs to do .. read more
Can I Afford Background Screening?
There are some sobering statistics for employers who feel they can’t afford to hire an outside agency to do background screening, or who don’t do background screening on their candidates. An estimated 1 in 5 companies don’t do background checks. Negligent hiring suits are on the rise – these are suits filed after employees have committed .. read more
International Background Screening
BackTrack does perform international background checks. Employment, education and reference checks are handled in-house by our trained investigative staff. Using today’s technology we have the ability to communicate with a variety of people in a variety of languages and obtain verifications from all over the world. We have had success in securing foreign verifications; however, your applicants .. read more
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