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International Survey: One in Four Say They Have Exaggerated the Truth to Get Hired
August 28, 2015 - First Advantage, a Symphony Technology Group (STG) company and the leading global provider of background screening analytics and identity solutions, today announced the results of an international consumer sentiment survey about background checks. According to the survey, nearly one-fourth of job candidates (23 percent) admit to exaggerating the truth on their resume or in a job interview in order to land a position. While First Advantage’s own domestic screening data does not register intentional versus accidental discrepancies, a review of employment screening records shows an average discrepancy rate of 46 percent in the U.S., 23 percent in the U.K. and 21 percent in Asia Pacific (APAC). The survey also found wide...
Thailand's Education Ministry Orders Mandatory Criminal Background Checks For Foreign Teachers
July 07, 2015 - Education Ministry official finally announced Monday, that all School administrators have been instructed to run background checks on foreigners ap...
Feds shut down background check database over flaw
July 03, 2015 - The federal personnel agency whose records were plundered by hackers linked to China announced on Monday the temporary shutdown of a massive databa...
Tens of thousands of foreign criminals arrested in UK have police records in their own country
July 01, 2015 - Nearly 30,000 foreigners arrested in Britain over the past year turned out to have police records in their own country. And that&rsq...
India education minister to face court over fake degree
June 26, 2015 - A Delhi court agreed on Wednesday to hear a complaint alleging that India’s education minister lied about her college degree, triggering call...
Croydon Council set to end blanket criminal records checks for elected officials
June 22, 2015 - Councillors in Croydon will no longer be automatically subject to criminal records checks under plans being considered by the council. ...
Director of Corporate Enforcement secures convictions
June 19, 2015 - Nineteen criminal convictions for breaches of the Companies Act were secured in the District Court last year, following investigations by the Offic...
U.S. frees hundreds of Cuban criminals because Havana won’t take them back
June 18, 2015 - Hundreds of Cuban criminals are released onto the streets of the U.S. every year because that nation won’t take them back — even though...
Israeli army recruits thousands of soldiers with criminal records
June 16, 2015 - Thousands of Israel Defense Forces soldiers have criminal records, but only a few dozen of them seek to have their records expunged by a military c...
New law to keep mental health, non-criminal info from appearing in police background checks
June 09, 2015 - The Ontario government has released official details about their move to keep non-criminal information collected by police private. ...
5,700 people await criminal record pardons due to federal backlog
June 04, 2015 - Backlogs at the federal level have left about 5,700 people hanging in limbo as they wait for pardons to clear their criminal records. ...
New background check restrictions put a twist in privacy watchdog’s case against police
June 01, 2015 - Ontario’s privacy commissioner is re-evaluating his court case against Toronto police over disclosing suicide attempts in records shared with...
Employers urged to consider applicants with criminal records
May 28, 2015 - Scottish employers must do more to make sure individuals with criminal convictions are not excluded from the jobs market, a Scottish Government min...
Sex Offender Record Normally Public In Korea
May 27, 2015 - A district court has refused to make public personal information on a sexual offender who was sentenced to seven years of imprisonment for raping h...
Should South African offenders be able to dump their criminal records?
May 25, 2015 - “Should rehabilitated criminals have their records expunged?” asked News24 in a poll running on their website on Thursday. At time of w...
FBI Combats Child Sex Tourism
May 24, 2015 - The FBI has a task force to track down United States citizens who travel to foreign countries to have sex with children. The FBI refers to i...
San Juan Puerto Rico Update
May 23, 2015 - The changes to the Puerto Rico web page does not affect Straightline International,. Starightline’s XR2 search is much more...
Expanded Background Checks, Registration, and Gun Deaths at a 35-year high in Brazil
May 21, 2015 - Over the last 15 years, Brazil has instituted more and more gun control, including gun registration and criminal and mental background checks for g...
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