| New Web Portal Reveals Facts Every Citizen Should | | | | sets its' own standards for employment screening. |
| Know About U.S. Public Records | | | | There is an Act, which oversees |
| Long, endless days spent at the local courthouse | | | | employment-screening standards known as the Fair |
| while searching for U.S. public documents such as | | | | Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). |
| titles, liens, arrest warrants, and other records might | | | | This Fair Credit Reporting Act considers a background |
| be a thing of the past. educates citizens and agencies | | | | check as a consumer report. Even before an |
| about a new way to find public records. | | | | employer can receive a consumer report for the |
| Research experts are now turning to the Web for | | | | purposes of employment screening, the employer |
| public records and documents and finding their | | | | needs to have written authorization from the subject. |
| searches to be easier and faster than ever before. A | | | | For simpler inquiries, the employer should still seek |
| new Web portal called reveals facts about this | | | | your consent. |
| process and gives every citizen a glance into the | | | | You have the right to withdraw application for the |
| procedures of public record research. | | | | position if you do not want information disclosed. This |
| The Web portal about U.S. public records was | | | | gives you, as a potential employee, a right to decide |
| designed to educate the general public as well as | | | | for yourself if a certain position or is a job worth the |
| companies and agencies about a public service that | | | | disclosure of particular information about personal life. |
| has become the backbone of most financial and legal | | | | It is in your right to dispute any errors in data in a |
| procedures in our society. Public records are used in | | | | report. Once the employer receives the background |
| just about every major transaction today, whether | | | | report results and chooses not to hire you due to |
| business or personal," states Marc Gaines of Public | | | | information in it, the employer is required to provide |
| records are documents compiled by agencies and | | | | you with a pre-adverse action disclosure, which |
| public offices as well as the federal government that | | | | contains your rights and a report copy. |
| are made available to the general public. They are | | | | After this, they must inform you that they are not |
| used to verify information such as criminal | | | | hiring you and include the address and name of the |
| backgrounds, real estate purchases and ownership, | | | | Consumer Reporting Agency, which provided the |
| vehicle ownership, death records, tax liens, | | | | data because you have a right to dispute any errors |
| bankruptcy files, and court decisions. | | | | in their data, per Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). |
| Some examples of when public records might be | | | | At the very least, an employment background check |
| needed include real estate transactions, motor vehicle | | | | includes social security number verification. More |
| purchases, court trials, certain business transactions, | | | | detailed employment background checks may even |
| financial loans and mortgages, hiring for employment, | | | | contain a work history analysis, complete credit |
| and property value assessments. | | | | report, and names of references. |
| To research public records in the past, one would | | | | Criminal history, driving records, and payment of |
| typically visit their local courthouse or some other | | | | credit records may also be included. The background |
| office. But with the Web becoming a staple in today's | | | | inquiries are always associated with the nature of the |
| business and legal world, the federal government, | | | | job applied. If, you are applying to work as a cashier, |
| along with many agencies and companies, is now | | | | trying to figure out if you had a prior conviction in |
| making most public records available on the Internet. | | | | the past for stealing is not a far stretch of |
| This gives agencies and individuals an opportunity to | | | | information that an employer may want to know. |
| find public records from their own home or office | | | | However, that there is various information sources, |
| while saving time and money. | | | | which in any case can be part of a comprehensive |
| delves into the facts many citizens do not know or | | | | background check. There are multiple states, which |
| understand such as how public records are collected, | | | | do not permit inquiries concerning certain convictions |
| why background checks are needed, and why a U.S. | | | | or arrests before a particular period. Other states will |
| citizen's personal information is not always private. | | | | not allow inquiries regarding criminal history for |
| More information about public records and how they | | | | particular positions. |
| work is available at the Web site below: | | | | Also, as an applicant you should be aware that |
| First Background Check Directory - All You Need in | | | | employers are not allowed to base their hiring choices |
| One Place | | | | on a potential employee's disabilities, which is why |
| If you are beginning to apply for a job, you may | | | | they may not ask for medical records. Your capability |
| wonder what exactly an employment background. In | | | | to perform the tasks for a particular position is what |
| actuality, it is not just each separate business that | | | | they may ask about as well. |