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Head Cop In Tennessee County On Hold for Lack of Background Check…
Corra's Daily Planet | December 4th 2009
When you are trying to set an example, it is best to start at the top.  This holds true for new policies, branding changes, and especially background checks. If you main guy does not undergo a background check as part of your preemployment scree read more
Prison Overcharged for Underwhelming Background Checks
Corra's Daily Planet | December 3rd 2009
Not all background checks are created equal. And not all background checking companies provide equal or competent services.  With this in mind, the Citizens Voice, in Wilkes Barre, PA has reported the lament of the Luzerne County Correctional Fa read more
Checking the Background Check on White House Party Crashers
Corra's Daily Planet | December 2nd 2009
Okay, so by now we all know about the Salahis, the couple in controversy who have been accused of crashing a White House State Dinner.  Aside from this incident being grist for the media mill, one has to wonder just what the Secret Service was doi read more
Is Business Getting Better?
Executive Wisdom for Business | December 1st 2009 by Ric Willmot
Is Business Getting Better?The latest research by Executive Wisdom say, it is. We surveyed 326 owners and partners of professional service firms to evaluate their opinions of 2009 and perceptions of what 2010 may hold.The respondents came from: Acco read more
Arizona Sues First Employer for Hiring Undocumented Workers
Corra's Daily Planet | December 1st 2009
They can’t say they didn’t have warning. Twenty-two months ago Arizona became the first state to put the accountability on employers to assure they run background checks on all their hires to make sure they are legally eligible to work read more
Stronger Background Checks for California Healthcare Workers
Corra's Daily Planet | November 27th 2009
California will impose a stronger set of background checks for Healthcare workers who have been disciplined as drug abusers.  More specifically, any healthcare professionals in state run recovery programs will be mandated to take a minimum of 10 read more
Corra Group Wishes Everyone a Happy Thanksgiving
Corra's Daily Planet | November 26th 2009
Corra Group wants to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving.  We all need the break, a long weekend, lots of food, a bunch of football games. Family? Let us enjoy, drive safe and not get too carried away. As the civil courts and criminal courts, b read more
Credit Reports as Pre-Employment Background Checks
Corra's Daily Planet | November 25th 2009
It should be no secret that with is economic downturn and slow recovery many job applicants have lousy credit.  Even those employment candidates who once had decent to excellent credit scores find themselves wanting, having been laid off or otherw read more
When Social Media is Part of the Background Check
Corra's Daily Planet | November 24th 2009
It should be no secret at this point that many employers are monitoring social media as part of their preemployment screening program. Many consider the social media monitor just one more background check.  Employers monitor largely for a two-fol read more
Trucking Firms Should Conduct Recurring Background Checks on Thei…
Corra's Daily Planet | November 20th 2009
As a background checking service, we at Corra Group have been noticing an increase in the number of drivers who are driving on suspended licenses.  The reasons for the suspension can vary from Driving Under the Influence or DUIs to just too many t read more
When Half Your Town is Out of Work
Corra's Daily Planet | November 19th 2009
Unemployment varies from city to city and state to state.  Nationally, the rate is alarming at over ten percent unemployed.  Those who cite those who gave up looking for work or who are only working part time, put the figure at closer to 17% un read more
Sarah Palin Billed for Campaign Background Check
Corra's Daily Planet | November 18th 2009
As the co-founder company that conducts background checks for employment screening, I am always curious about interesting articles regarding background screening of any sort. So it is hard to pass up comment on Sarah Palin’s contention that t read more
Making a Good Impression at Job Interviews
Corra's Daily Planet | November 17th 2009
Once upon a time when jobs were plentiful and human resources people were clamoring for talent, it seemed employment candidates were less concerned with their appearance and the impression they made.  Thi9s was maybe not as true with senior execut read more
Ben Franklin Would Have Run Background Checks
Corra's Daily Planet | November 13th 2009
Two famous men are quoted as having proclaimed, “Neither a Borrower or Lender Be.”   One was the bard, William Shakespeare. The other was Ben Franklin, one of America’s founding fathers, inventor, publisher, scientist and bon read more
More Jobs Lost at Time, Inc.
Corra's Daily Planet | November 12th 2009
The media slaughter continues. While reports came in last month that the bleeding in most print publications has slowed, and that the employment layoffs of dwindled somewhat in the media industry.   There was some optimism, as faint as it was, read more
Man Shoots Up an Oregon Drug Testing Lab
Corra's Daily Planet | November 11th 2009
It was reported by AP that a man shot up a drug testing lab just outside Portland, Oregon.   He killed one woman, and wounded two other people before turning the gun on himself.  The Lab where the shooting took place is the Legacy MetroLab, wh read more
Conduct Background Checks for Workplace Violence
Corra's Daily Planet | November 10th 2009
Everybody flocks to a fight.  From the schoolyard to the factory, nothing like a fistfight to bring people together. It must be part of human nature to be attracted to two people going at it in the old school fashion. Even in the workplace, it read more
How Marketing Research involve in any Small Business and Nonprof…
Affiliate Internet Marketing | November 6th 2009
Marketing Research in Small Business and Nonprofit Organizations Marketing research does not only occur in huge corporations with many employees and a large budget. Marketing information can be derived by observing the environment of their location read more
Employers May be Ready to Move Forward, End Salary Freezes
Corra's Daily Planet | November 5th 2009
It is no mystery that the economic meltdown cause many employers to layoff employees, freeze salaries and reduce hours from the remainder of their staffs.   Surviving a recession comes at a price, and thousands of companies were forced to pay it. read more
Housing Scams That Background Checks Could Help Avoid
Corra's Daily Planet | November 3rd 2009
There are any number of housing scams out there.  These fraudulent activities are spurred by the economic downturn and prey on the desperate who are out of work and in need of money or who are upside down on their homes and what not, thanks to the read more
Rhode Island MVR the Most Recent DMV Price Increase
Corra's Daily Planet | November 2nd 2009
Rhode Island Motor Vehicle Driving Records will increase, as of November 1st, 2009.  Abstract Driving Records for Rhode Island will increase from  $19.50 to $20.00.  As each state looks to increase rates for public services in order to shore read more
Background Checks and Money Wire Service Scams
Corra's Daily Planet | October 30th 2009
There is but one more scam in the among the growing list of fraudulent financial operations, perpetrated by con artists seeking to take advantage of people in need of money.  This scam solicits unsuspecting individuals to cash checks for this grou read more
When Background Checks Can Haunt Your Career Change
Corra's Daily Planet | October 29th 2009
According to President Obama, this is the era of change. Indeed it is, in more ways than one. Some of us may be getting more change than we had bargained for, what with the economic downturn, the many employment layoffs,  and a new crisis conf read more
More Public Services Waking Up to Background Checks
Corra's Daily Planet | October 28th 2009
Increasingly, more public service agencies are discovering that not all employees have represented themselves and their background histories as accurately as anyone would like. Be it state or municipal public service agencies, school boards or teac read more
Nebraska Dept of Corrections to Expand Its Background Checks
Corra's Daily Planet | October 27th 2009
Despite the economic crunch on states and their budgetary constraints, the Nebraska Department of Corrections is expanding its list of background checks to be screen its employment candidates. Undoubtedly, this is a very good thing, as the more backg read more
Background Checks for Potential Financial Fraud Scams
Corra's Daily Planet | October 26th 2009
This tough economy has generated a whole new series of fraud scams. Some of which have come to my attention through clients. One such may revolve around the pretext of the TARP or stimulus package bailouts.  This proposition is posed as a wi read more
Great Research Tools to help with your New Business Idea
Startup Business Talk | October 25th 2009
Here are some great research tools and websites that I have used along the way and wanted to share with you. These websites can help you find information that will aid you in structuring your new business. So before you skip the process because it s read more
Picking Job References for Background Checks
Corra's Daily Planet | October 22nd 2009
Job References or Professional References, as they are also known, have increasing become part of the preemployment screening program.   Job references are viable background checks when it comes to ascertaining your employment candidate’s s read more
Tips for Conducting Education Verification Background Checks
Corra's Daily Planet | October 21st 2009
Education Verification Background checks having increasingly become part of every recruiter’s preemployment screening program. Why? Some of it is the obvious, to qualify a job candidate for meeting the threshold requirements for the positio read more
Price Increase for New Mexico MVR Background Checks
Corra's Daily Planet | October 20th 2009
The State of New Mexico has jointed a growing list of states who have recently increased the cost of Motor Vehicle Driving Records, or MVRs.  Thanks to the sluggish economy and the slow rate of recovery, most states are in desperate need of mone read more
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