When organizations conduct background checks as part of their hiring process, their ultimate goal is simple: to ensure they are making informed, safe, and compliant hiring decisions. But behind every successful background check lies one often-overlooked factor: the accuracy of the subject’s identity. If the subject’s identity is not correctly established at the start, the...Read More

This is a question that nanny agencies ask me a lot. [Disclaimer: I’m not a lawyer and Imperative/PFC isn’t a law firm. This is just my practical advice based on 25 years’ experience in the background screening business. If your lawyer disagrees with me, you can always go find another lawyer. ] The TL;DR Version  I...Read More

Most employers today – including household employers – use social media as a form of background checking and screening of job applicants and current employees. Nannies and other domestic workers who post things on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and other social media sites may be exposing certain aspects of their personal lives to potential and current...Read More

Nannies are routinely put through a more rigorous job screening than America’s CEOs. Honesty, we require it of our nannies, why shouldn’t we expect it from corporate America?Read More

During the past few years a new type of pre-employment background check called the National Criminal File (NCF) became available. Vendors claim that as many as 350 million criminal records are included. Read More