Background Checks

Background Check Best Practices for Recruiters

By John Zacharia/Jul 07

Roughly 95% of US employers run background checks on at least some hires, and a substantial share of them are doing it with legal exposure they don’t know they’re carrying. Background checks are the verification stage of hiring: confirming identity, employment history, education, credentials, and where lawful and relevant, criminal records, before a candidate starts. [...]