People Search – Pricing Update

From 6th July 2012, we will be making a change to the People Search pricing. The change is specifically applicable to the Daily Subscription only. The Daily Subscription will change…

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How LinkedIn is reshaping the world of HR and Background Verifications

In this post I will review the recent interview of LinkedIn CEO, Jeff Weiner, featured on CNNMoney.com, and will try to draw out some trends for the Indian HR professionals…

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Employment Verification – An appeal to HR professionals

Those of you who are HR professionals may be wondering about the title of this blog post. Yes, it is an appeal to you for helping the third party background…

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Social Media for Background Checks – Rights and Wrongs

Recently I have been reading a lot about the controversies around practices of many employers, mostly in US, UK and other developed economies, occasionally also in India, to ask the…

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Background Checks for Work Experience Outside of Industry

Recently I saw a question from an HR professional in one of the popular HR forums – whether background checks should be done to verify the work experience of a…

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Background Verification versus Detective Type Investigation

This post will try to clear the doubts which our clients (especially the individuals) may have about background verification and detective type investigation. We see that to quite a few…

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Do contractors including guards, drivers require background checks?

Today, in most of the medium to large sized offices in India, a large number of contractors are engaged to ensure smooth running of operations. These include housekeeping, security guards,…

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What to do when an employee or contractor with clean criminal record does not remain ‘clean’?

OR why do I need address verifications when I am doing criminal record checks? This blog post will look at the unfortunate situation which can occur for any employer –…

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Announcing Employee Background Verification Selector Tool

Quite often, we receive this query from HR professionals and business managers who are starting out with the employee background verifications – which background checks should they select? With a…

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Verification Agencies Ecosystem – Competition and Cooperation

This post aims to give an inside view of the industry to the customers who use employee background verification services. It will help them understand how the verification agencies compete…

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