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Are Your Job Candidates Fake? Here’s How to Spot Them.

Are Your Job Candidates Fake? Here’s How to Spot Them.

Are Your Job Candidates Fake? Here’s How to Spot Them. How to Combat Recruitment and Hiring Fraud Hiring the wrong person is expensive. Learn how to protect your business from hiring fraud. Sarah, a senior care operator in Texas, thought she’d found the perfect candidate. The resume looked great. The video interview went smoothly. The […]

Franchise Vendor Vetting – Why Picking the Right Screening Partner Matters

Franchise Vendor Vetting – Why Picking the Right Screening Partner Matters

Franchisees don’t pay royalties for a logo. They pay for systems, streamlined workflows, competitive pricing from their vendors, and proven processes that protect their business from failures they can’t predict.  Background screening is one of those systems. In senior care, it’s a critical component; When it fails, your franchisee and your brand lose their reputation, […]

What agency owners can learn from the Care.com Background Check Settlement

What agency owners can learn from the Care.com Background Check Settlement

If you are placing candidates in client homes the 2020 settlement between Care.com and California prosecutors is required reading. Care.com Background Check Settlement 2020  In July 2020, San Francisco District Attorney announced a $1 million settlement with Care.com over alleged misrepresentations about its background check products and its subscription practices. The case alleged that Care.com […]

Seniors Helping Seniors Case Study

Seniors Helping Seniors Case Study

Client Case Study From Checkr to Sure Check: How One Seniors Helping Seniors® Franchise Streamlined Caregiver Onboarding and Cut Costs A Sure Check Background Screening case study, featuring Kellie L., owner of Seniors Helping Seniors® of the Jersey Shore, New Jersey 48 hrs Entire team onboarded 25/mo Caregivers screened $150+/mo Savings vs. previous provider 0 […]

What Shows Up on a Background Check? 

What Shows Up on a Background Check? 

What Shows Up on a Background Check?  The rules around background check reporting can vary according to the state you are hiring in, the reporting policy of the CRA, and city specific requirements.  Employers assume a background check pulls everything while candidates guess everything from their past will show up. Neither is quite right. Background […]

How Long Does a Background Check Take?

How Long Does a Background Check Take?

How Long Does a Background Check Take? The Real Answer, By the Numbers. Most vendors dodge this question. Here’s what our data across 3,113 counties actually shows: including why some searches take longer and what we do about it. When employers ask how long a background check takes, they usually get one of two answers: […]