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Would a background check routinely involve investigation of medical records? -- FirstPrinciples 10:15, Feb 20, 2005 (UTC)
When applying for an employment position through an agency, most employment agencies will tell you to change your resume to fit the job description, otherwise they wont submit you. As everyone needs a job, and relies on the employment agencies judgment (after all they are the highly paid experts!) they comply with the instruction. Companies know this too, but let it happen. Is this so the company knows it will then have leverage should it ever need or wish to terminate a persons services in the future without having justifiable grounds? Should the employment agency not be the entity held liable in such instances?
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.170.93.21 (talk) 00:45, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
To answer your question no. When needing a background check, there are various searches that can be made to suit the need of the person needing the info. There are various sites you can find that can provide information online. However, when needing a proper background check always retort in using a Licensed Investigator. ParentFL 07:03, 22 September 2006 (UTC
Companies get paid alot of money for digging up our personal details. I think we should have a right to look at these files given to our banks, employers, etc. Is there anyplace we can get a free credit report, and not one that tries to trick us into signing up for some service for a "free report?"
--RAKO —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.166.190.192 (talk) 05:31, 25 December 2006 (UTC).
Pre-employment screening should fit neatly under this title unless it would make the combined article too big. :) Dlohcierekim 22:14, 12 May 2006 (UTC) Is ther any way to clear your background history? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.20.163.25 (talk) 17:24, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
Pre-Employment screening encompasses both the process of performing background checks and that of screening for drugs. I could see both this section and drug tests fitting under P-E S, but not the other way around. :)
The article seems to mostly be about background checks by employers. However, there are many background check websites for the common public to use on... anyone. Is there any information that can be included about this, and what (if any) actions can be taken against invasion of privacy a la public records? Gemini79 06:03, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
Have redirected the above article here, but you might want to use the following info:
A method of acquiring information on an individual through third-party services, government organizations and private individuals in the hopes of making a determination on the future actions of an individual based on past actions. Can be abused an used to commit identity theft. The right to request background checks is enforced by the Patriot Act, as well as other Federal laws which surround the right of organizations to pursue information to make financial determinations before submitting to contracts.
I see no reason to merge this article in any other suggested way. The other article's length could be shortened and made more concisely focused on its related topic. Corporate fudiciary 14:11, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
The article now needs cleanup also for advertising... ("There are many companies... one of them is...")66.213.22.193 (talk) 21:17, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
There is no empirical or statistical evidence I can locate that correlates between a person who has filed or declared bankruptcy and the same person "stealing from the company." If such evidence exists, and can be cited, it should be noted and changed back. Remember, for every Enron executive who "steals" from the company, there are thousands or millions of people who declare bankruptcy each year due to job loss or medical emergencies. Additionally, the original version would seem to suggest that the preponderance of bankrupt individuals are actually in a POSITION to steal from the company, ie. comptrollers, cfo's, accountants and such. Even in the widely known Enron scandal, and others like it, the actual "bankruptcy" of high level executives occurred AFTER the theft or misuse of shareholder dollars, and was used to (in some cases) attempt to shift assets or shield personal responsibility. I feel it is unfair to categorize a hard working auto worker with 30 good years of service to Ford Motor Company as a potential theft risk because he/she declared bankruptcy after the factory closed and he/she was unable to obtain employment. Or a greeter at Wal-Mart who has just rejoined the workforce following a million dollar medical issue that resulted in bankruptcy. Bankruptcy arises from many events, not all of which are criminal. Nor are all bankrupt persons presumed to be criminal. If anyone has evidence and citations to the contrary, I would love to see them. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.26.75.251 (talk) 09:16, 23 April 2007 (UTC).
It seems that much of the text of this article is identical to text on other websites, such as
http://www.nwlpcbackgrounds.com/101.pdf and
http://www.californiachronicle.com/articles/31952
There are more, but the above two seem not to be Wikipedia mirrors. I don't know which site contains the original work of authorship. Rather than figure out which parts of the text are original Wikipedia contributions and which are taken from other websites, I am blanking the whole article. 69.140.152.55 (talk) 02:41, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
Probably 90% of people coming to read this are looking for a few websites that actually provide background checks for free. The last paragraph of the article is great about mentioning a lot of websites that are moving to the ad model but there are absolutely no links and no references. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.233.237.190 (talk) 17:57, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
I think that Trends in pre-employment screening should be merged here, it's barely been touched in two years and doesn't stand alone as a topic. Fences&Windows 21:31, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
The National Background Check System phrase terminology is not to be confused with "Background Checks Systems".
Background Checks Systems (BCS) receives quite a bit of email and phone traffic from anxious firearm buyers asking about delays in their background checks when in reality they should be contacting either the firearms dealer or the National Background Check System.
Joeg524 (talk) 01:31, 24 March 2012 (UTC)Joeg524
In the Possible information included section is talks about drug tests and polygraph tests but shouldn't the article make clear that that is generally an American thing? Most countries do not invade their citizens' privacy by conducting drug tests except for a few specific jobs. And in almost all parts of the world except for the USA the polygraph test is completely discredited and never considered to be reliable in employment or courts of law. The land of the free indeed!--XANIA - ЗAНИAWikipedia talk | Wikibooks talk 20:52, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
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Hey Folks, Do check us out: End-to-End background verification company that revolutionizes the Background Screening Industry by leveraging modern technologies. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shinushaukathali (talk • contribs) 17:23, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
Large parts of this article are written in an extremely biased (employer-friendly) way.
Passages like the following (just one of many examples) are inappropriate:
"Due to bad hire, employers lose in a multitude of ways: financial-wise, reputation-wise and time-wise. The research shows that as many as 77% of them have lost significant sums of money to carry out the re-recruitment. Moreover, the companies have suffered losses after hiring the dishonest employee due to his low competences (57%), lack of diligence at work (28%), spending on additional training (28%) or problems with attendance (15%) and employee theft (7%). The demand for pre-employment screenings is constantly growing among Polish entrepreneurs." — Preceding unsigned comment added by Curb it (talk • contribs) 09:47, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
Indeed. Let us cull it. Zezen (talk) 16:38, 3 December 2018 (UTC)
I add citations to the sentences missing citations. Moved stuff around to improve the organization and flow of the article. Removed the word "may" because the word may brings the credibility of the article down — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rvale045 (talk • contribs) 18:52, 18 April 2019 (UTC)
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Kleinerdiner (talk) 04:00, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
The article has multiple overlapping sections and sources. For example dating has no citation
and in the firearms purchase section. I have also changed some of the diction in the article to give it more a concise and clear tone. I have made no edits to overlapping sections. Such as "security" and firearms being the same section
I have updated the first paragraph to include more information on backgrounds check and better cover the base of the article
I have changed the purposes header to uses.
The section on brazil should be culled or receive a citation. The wording is vague and its meaning in legal terms or general terms is indiscernable. The section on firearms regulation should have a link to the bills that mandate background checks for silencers automatic weapons and et cetera. Irrelevant sections on dating should in my opinion be culled
All in all this article needs to be made more concise and its word choice should be revaluated whoever authored it has clunky and hard to comprehend word choices that make it harder to read.
why is the last section “phone number” with a list of relate to articles 2A01:4B00:8810:400:68DF:CB96:8769:429D (talk) 18:22, 25 December 2021 (UTC)
Also called background investigation, as the US Encyclopedia of Intelligence says. A friend checked the term in the book and announced me. – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:40, 21 April 2024 (UTC)