Criminal Background

Roughly 1 in 5 American adults have arrest or conviction records, and many of them hope that prospective employers won't ever find out about their pasts. Joseph Bartosch, right, wouldn't be exceptional in that regard except that he's the chief brand officer at a fundamentalist Christian university in Greenville, ...

By Daniel Wagner WASHINGTON -- Thousands of U.S. job hunters are losing out because employers use faulty background-check data drawn from shoddy records, consumer advocates say in a new report. Those advocates want the government to make sure people know what information prospective employers see, so that ...

Even if you have nothing to hide, you may find the thought of a potential employer doing a criminal background check on you a bit disconcerting. You might start wondering what they'll find: "Did I pay those parking tickets?" "Will that indiscretion from back when I was 22 show up?" Well, chances are your ...

According to a recent survey conducted by Powerchex Limited, a London-based pre-employment screening firm specializing in the financial services sector, more applicants are hiding criminal activity than every before. The purpose of the survey is to reveal trends in candidates' attempts to deceive potential ...