Factual Employment Screening – Part One

Written by Thomas C. Lawson


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That person defaulted, and they should have a good explanation as to why. Judge this explanation onrepparttar merits ofrepparttar 135994 individual situation, notrepparttar 135995 argument that a certain class of people may be disadvantaged. If they borrow, they should pay it back; if they can’t, there’s usually a good (or bad) reason why.

As far as driving histories go, even ifrepparttar 135996 person will not be driving a company vehicle, you till need to knowrepparttar 135997 manner in which they drive andrepparttar 135998 manner in which they resolve issues that may arise while they are driving. These are nuts and bolts responsibility attitude indicators here – nothing fancy, but good common sense, and very important if you want to make a good hiring decision.

You must knowrepparttar 135999 full extend ofrepparttar 136000 subject’s criminal history. This can only be done jurisdictionally, and you must see all levels, not just felonies. The courts today are downgrading many felonies in order to stoprepparttar 136001 logjam occurring everywhere inrepparttar 136002 higher courts, so if you don’t research atrepparttar 136003 lower levels you may miss some eye-openers.

Don’t forget that people commit federal crimes, which do not appear inrepparttar 136004 local or state court indices. They have to be researched atrepparttar 136005 U.S. District Court level. Most screening companies don’t do this, and if they do, it’s usually through databases of microfilm. Beware! You need a company that checks all levels, orrepparttar 136006 search is no good.

Many times our company has been hired after an “$8.25 criminal check” failed and someone was subsequently murdered, raped, maimed or defrauded. In these instances, we sometimes not only perform employment screening from then on, but also testify as an expert witness againstrepparttar 136007 firm who didrepparttar 136008 faulty job of screening. Beware of companies that offer a newspaper or police blotter clipping service inrepparttar 136009 form of “nationwide” criminal checks. These firms do not cover all areas ofrepparttar 136010 U.S., justrepparttar 136011 major metropolitan areas. Most important isrepparttar 136012 fact thatrepparttar 136013 root company is many times resold through distributors who might not fully convey thatrepparttar 136014 search, while touted as “nationwide,” is actually limited to these more populated areas.

Database Services

Let’s also take a moment to further addressrepparttar 136015 growing industry called “database.” It is very important to understand some basic things about database services that they will never tell you. Databases, no matter how good, are only as good asrepparttar 136016 search logic used to retrieverepparttar 136017 data that’s put in. That’srepparttar 136018 rub. What you are really buying when you buy a database service is how muchrepparttar 136019 database company invested into its search logic.

And this is usually an area where these companies are tempted to scrimp, because good search logic is very expensive. You simply can’t use off-the-shelf software to retrieve this type of publicly compiled repository information. It simply comes in too many forms, andrepparttar 136020 search logic must be able to delineate betweenrepparttar 136021 different languages that are bridged intorepparttar 136022 database company’s archival system, because all jurisdictions maintain different hardware, software and archival philosophy. It’s a wonderrepparttar 136023 sometimes anything comes back, givenrepparttar 136024 diversity ofrepparttar 136025 data that goes inrepparttar 136026 front end.

Any computer expert will tell you that no matter how much money you put intorepparttar 136027 best ofrepparttar 136028 best, you can never expect 100% storage of information. These arerepparttar 136029 things called “data drops” where bytes mysteriously disappear into thin air. There are also viruses, different fromrepparttar 136030 kind you may be aware of which can reside undetected in mainframes for years and which eat data to survive. All in all, computers are still not fool-proof enough to be relied upon, especially where such an important decision is concerned. At this point, you’re probably wondering how to handle getting employment screening intorepparttar 136031 mainstream ofrepparttar 136032 hiring process without exposingrepparttar 136033 company to possible litigation for privacy and discrimination issues, not to mention how to use what you have been taught that you need to get to evaluate a candidate’s worthiness.

You’ve probably also wondered how to maintainrepparttar 136034 records, as well as how to qualifyrepparttar 136035 firm you are considering to do your screening. Read Factual Employment Screening – Part Two, An Employment Screening Outline, a roadmap that will help you handle both of these critical issues.



Thomas C. Lawson, CFE, CII is President and Founder of APSCREEN International, the world’s leading full service Consumer Reporting Agency since 1980. Lawson is called “one of the real pros” as he has helped to reshape laws including those for employment screening, permissible credit reporting, asset discovery and fraud examination. Tom is a Life Member of: ACFE, ASIS, SHRM, PIHRA, PNRRA, PRRN, CII, WAD, WIN, FCAOC and OCEMA.


Contract Management Software: the Solution to the Problem of Coordination

Written by Joe Miller


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of them send their collaborative efforts back. When they open and save your drafts to a drive, they are not only needlessly taking up too much space onrepparttar drive, but they have also just downloaded a pile of drafts that they now need to sift through in order to make their changes. Now, imagine what will happen to you when they send all of their drafts back-the cyclone image comes to mind again.

How canrepparttar 135993 right contract management software solve this problem? The answer, again, is surprisingly simple. The right contract management software will have Digital Thread technology, which connectsrepparttar 135994 who, what, when, where, and how of each draft, even creating a “family tree” ofrepparttar 135995 drafts or a flow chart to help you to see exactly where you are inrepparttar 135996 protocol. No matter what orderrepparttar 135997 drafts whirl by in, they will always be tracked, saving you time and storage space and protectingrepparttar 135998 integrity ofrepparttar 135999 contract protocol.

Semantic Unification

“What do you mean by ______?” Semantics is a nightmare in contract management. The precision in wording is an important service to any business, and creatingrepparttar 136000 right wording produces a solid contract. It also producesrepparttar 136001 most drafts. One word can be deliberated over for hours, days, or weeks. Drafts will go back and forth, and a quick and easy way to review changes as small as word choice in a document that could range from 10 to 1,000 pages long.

Document Signature is a feature that is almost a necessity to keep up with semantic changes. It produces a window attached to any document you open that lets you know that changes were made and who made it. It’s that easy.

Coordination

“What do I do now?” This question probably cycles through every professional’s mind, no matter how briefly, at least a few times a day. In contract management,repparttar 136002 question might be altered to “How do I go about implementing all of these changes?”

This simple answer is probablyrepparttar 136003 most surprising. You needrepparttar 136004 contract management software that will record changes and merge them for you. You are involved in so many drafts and changes that you can barely keep track of them, but withrepparttar 136005 right contract management software, all ofrepparttar 136006 changes are tagged and tracked, almost like a DNA strand. The changes from various drafts can then be merged within seconds, giving yourepparttar 136007 ability to reviewrepparttar 136008 merge when it happens and use it to produce your final draft.

In collaborating any project, whether a contract, a budget report, a presentation, or even a memo, these four problems of coordination always loom over professionals’ heads. Contract management software answers back torepparttar 136009 rescue of every collaboration committee. Narrowrepparttar 136010 search usingrepparttar 136011 answers provided in this article and you will findrepparttar 136012 right contract management software for your company and finally findrepparttar 136013 solution torepparttar 136014 problem of coordination.

Joe Miller is specialist in online advertising. For more information on contract management software, please visit NextPage.com.


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