Social Media Ideas for Background Checks

Recruitment risk has moved upstream: why pre-employment checks are now a governance issue

Stuart Gentle Publisher at Onrec 11 Sep 2026|Opinion & InsightsRecruitment risk has moved upstream: why pre-employment checks are now a governance issueby Simon Holden: CEO, S...

The Next Generation of Background Screening

The background check hasn’t changed much in decades. A criminal record search, a reference call, maybe a credit check – and yet the risks employers actually face have moved somewhe...

The background check is becoming an API call — and that's the real question hanging over Checkr (Yechiel Gartenhaus)

Every few years a category that used to be a product quietly turns into a primitive. Payments did it...

Work experience and DBS checks: what employers need to establish before a placement

Published by Onrec 05 Oct 2026|Employment Law & ComplianceWork experience and DBS checks: what employers need to establish before a placementJack Mellor, CEO of Personnel Check...

UK employers expand background screening as fraud concerns reshape recruitment

Stuart Gentle Publisher at Onrec 18 Sep 2026|Talent AcquisitionUK employers expand background screening as fraud concerns reshape recruitmentBusinesses are looking beyond traditio...

A Clean Reverse Image Search Does Not Verify a Remote Candidate

By Abe Petersen of face2social Key takeaways: A clean reverse image search only proves a photo wasn’t found somewhere the tool can index, but not whether the applicant owns that ph...

What Tools Automate Monthly Exclusion Checks for Employees, Vendors and Contractors?

Published by Onrec 28 Sep 2026|HR & Recruitment TechWhat Tools Automate Monthly Exclusion Checks for Employees, Vendors and Contractors?Five platforms automate monthly exclusio...

Right to work checks must connect verified identities to workers on site, says ComplyCube

Published by Onrec 01 Oct 2026|Employment Law & ComplianceRight to work checks must connect verified identities to workers on site, says ComplyCubeComplyCube founder Dr Tarek N...

PeopleFinders’ New Website Runs Background Checks on Your Dates

The site, called Stud or Dud, helps daters dig up dirt on potential paramours. It’s fueled by the same public data as PeopleFinders.com—and comes with many of the same concerns.

Before your next date, Stud or Dud wants to run a background check

With the rise of dating apps, cyberstalking one’s matches before meeting them IRL, or soon after, has become a routine part of modern dating. Now, a new website is offering to save...

EEOC Moves to Revoke Long-Standing Guidance on Criminal Background Checks

On October 6, 2026, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) received a draft final rule from the U.S. Equal Employment Opport...

How Your Flawed Reference Checking Process Is Causing Numerous Bad Hires (Part I, II)

How Your Flawed Reference Checking Process Is Causing Numerous Bad Hires Part 1 Cheating on reference checks is at an all-time high. To slow this trend, this article provides a sca...

The “Zero Trust” Resume: How Identity Verification Is Quietly Reshaping the Hiring Process

For decades, the social contract of hiring rested on an honor system backed by routine administrative checks. A candidate submitted a resume, sat for a conversation, and—if selecte...

RTCC investigation-ready checklist: Will your analyst-to-detective handoff hold up?

This checklist offers a practical framework for ensuring RTCC requests are clearly defined, research is documented and detectives receive information they can act on

FBI Action on Alleged North Korean Tech Hiring Scheme: A Fair-Checks Guide

What the reported FBI action does - and does not - mean for remote hiring, plus practical identity, eligibility, device, and applicant-safety steps.

Washington Background Check Requirements in Effect Now for Large + Medium Employers and in Jan. for Small Businesses

EEOC moves to rescind criminal background check guidance

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is moving to rescind its longstanding guidance on how employers should consider applicants’ arrest and conviction records when maki...

How Your Flawed Reference Checking Process Is Causing Numerous Bad Hires Part 1

Cheating on reference checks is at an all-time high. To slow this trend, this article provides a scannable list of the problems that cause flawed reference-checking processes to pr...

NICS Monitoring: FBI Records Detail Secret Alerts on Lawful Gun Buyers

FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed the existence of NICS Monitoring. FOIA records now show that legally eligible gun buyers were flagged for reasons ranging from large purchases to...

EEOC Preparing to Repeal Guidance on Use of Arrest and Criminal Records

Employers using criminal background checks should monitor a potential change to U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidance on arrest and conviction records. On Oct. 6, 2...

Accio Data Becomes First Screening Platform to Integrate VOEDX Verification Network

Accio Data and VOEDX today announced that VOEDX, a neutral verification-routing utility for the background screening industry, is now integrated with the Accio Enterprise screening...

Right to Work Checks: What to Do When a New Starter's Name Doesn't Match Their Documents

Stuart Gentle Publisher at Onrec 08 Sep 2026|News archiveRight to Work Checks: What to Do When a New Starter's Name Doesn't Match Their DocumentsWhat the Home Office actually asks...

A Secure Software Onboarding Checklist for Distributed Recruitment Teams

Stuart Gentle Publisher at Onrec 30 Aug 2026|News archiveA Secure Software Onboarding Checklist for Distributed Recruitment TeamsRecruitment teams increasingly work across company...

Background checks delay Kochi police plan to issue IDs to private bus staff

Police launched the background verification drive in response to a series of incidents of criminal behaviour involving private bus employees