What the Trend in Online Databases Means to the Employment Screening Industry
The most prominent trend in the employment screening industry has been a proliferation of online databases offering cheap background checks. Any one can access the internet and with a quick search be able to purchase, for example, criminal records for a low fee. While that is very appealing to companies looking to trim the budget on background checks, it may in fact be a dangerous trend.
What do the companies say that have been running background checks, back when employment screening industry was just a concept and not an accepted practice?
Tom Lawson, the founder of APSCREEN, the oldest screening firm in the country, says The necessity of a background check has been established now, and that’s why we are seeing such a proliferation of people getting into the business – particularly because the internet makes it an easy field to enter because of the low start-up costs.
Lawson continues, But back in 1980, when we practically invented the concept of employment screening, companies had to be convinced that there was a good reason to spend money on background...
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