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Past Employment Verifications Important to Employers with some Jobseekers...
To help some frustrated jobseekers succeed in the current job market, one company is offering false job references – complete with job titles, start dates and end dates, and salary – to people seeking...
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Jobseeker Reportedly Fakes Background Check for High School Coaching Job to...
A story from the Providence (RI) Journal website Projo.com about a Rhode Island man reportedly faking a background check to conceal his criminal record so he could get hired as assistant coach of a...
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Better Business Bureau Warns Job Seekers about Background Check Scams for...
Job seekers in the St. Louis, Missouri area say they have been scammed by thieves claiming to represent a company performing biohazard cleanup work, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) warns. All victims...
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Falsified Background Checks Show Importance of Accreditation Standards for...
In a story demonstrating the importance of accreditation standards for private background screening firms, the Federal Times reports that the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) – which oversees...
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The U.S. Justice Department has accused a private security company contracted to provide background investigations to the federal government of faking at least 665,000 completed background checks while...
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BBB Warns About Background Check Email Scam
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The Better Business Bureau® (BBB) is warning consumers to be on the lookout for a background check email scam that landed in BBB inboxes recently. The BBB...
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