by yardstik1dev | Feb 26, 2025 | Screening Products
If you’ve ever run a criminal background check, chances are you’ve run a Social Security Number (SSN) trace—whether you realized it or not. It’s the first thing most screening providers do once you hit “order.” And for good reason. Skipping an...
by yardstik1dev | Feb 12, 2025 | Industry Insights
Background screening has changed completely in the last decade. What used to take days—or even weeks—now happens in minutes. Go back 20 years, and the process was painfully manual. If you needed a criminal record, someone had to physically go to a courthouse, find a...
by yardstik1dev | Jan 22, 2025 | Industry Insights
Background checks are all about understanding the past to reduce risk in hiring. But how far back should you look? That’s where lookback periods come in. They define how much history is fair game in your screening process. You might think it’s as simple as picking a...
by yardstik1dev | Jan 8, 2025 | Industry Insights
The background screening industry has a dirty little secret: most companies are paying for screens they don’t need, by no fault of their own. And we’re not talking pennies here—these “extras” are bleeding businesses like yours out of thousands of dollars. Sorry,...
by yardstik1dev | Dec 13, 2024 | Industry Insights
You clicked, you scrolled, you shared—and these ten posts won the popularity contest. From breaking down jargon to exposing industry nonsense, these reads turned complicated into crystal clear. Here are our top 10 blog posts of 2024, decided by you. 1. Background...
