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Believe It When You See It: Signs of an Effective Background Check [PART 1]
When you look at activities in your life it’s pretty clear when something is working. You know your washer and dryer are doing its job when your...
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What's to Love about a Background Screening Company with In-House Operations?
At Verified Credentials, we have all departments housed under one roof. Everyone working together in the same place means we can walk down the hall...
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Work Smarter, Not Harder: 3 Tips to Streamline Your Hiring Process
Work smarter, not harder. We’ve all heard the phrase and it’s certainly a great goal, but how do you actually do it? Well, if you’re an HR...
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Defining the Measure of Success: Verified Credentials Celebrates 35 Years in Background Screening
We’ve seen a lot in 35 years. The landscape of background screening has changed drastically: from when Verified Credentials was founded in a one-room...
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5 Employment Screening Practices to Challenge in 2019
As an HR professional, you’re tasked with making sure every new employee is the right fit for your company. You need to verify that candidates will...
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Guide to Understanding the Sources of Sex Offender Background Checks [Infographic]
Sex offenses are among the most serious crimes a background check can uncover. Recently, we have heard from some HR professionals who thought they...
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10 Tips to Survive Finding A New Background Screening Vendor
With a new year approaching, you may be thinking about changing what may not be working, from recruiting strategies to outsourced human resource...
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Where Fingerprint Background Checks May Fall Short
Watch any crime show on TV and you’re almost guaranteed to see people checking a crime scene for fingerprints. You’ll watch as they enter those...
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How Companies Combat Resume Fraud with Smart Job History & Academic Verifications
Resume fraud, or accidental mistakes in a candidate’s self-disclosed history are all too familiar in the workforce today. In fact, in the last year,...
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Quick Guide: The Difference Between "National" and "Federal" in Background Checks
I’m sure you know that background screening terminology, services, and technology can be a little confusing. Like many other HR professionals, you...