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The Purpose of Background Checks in Hiring Today

The Purpose of Background Checks in Hiring Today

by yardstik1dev | Dec 10, 2025 | Industry Insights

Decades ago, background checks were implemented with conviction. Business leaders understood that hiring the wrong person was a liability. They knew that a bad hire could ruin the company reputation, deal a hit to revenue, or change the culture of a winning team. But...
What Metrics Your Background Check Provider Should Give You

What Metrics Your Background Check Provider Should Give You

by yardstik1dev | Nov 5, 2025 | Industry Insights

Better data means better decisions. It’s that simple. Every high-volume hiring team we talk to wants the same things: hire faster, spend less, reduce risk, and make the process easier to manage. For them, that feels impossible. But it usually feels that way because...
Top 17 Types of Fraud in Hiring in 2025: Stories and Data That Show Impact

Top 17 Types of Fraud in Hiring in 2025: Stories and Data That Show Impact

by yardstik1dev | Oct 1, 2025 | Industry Insights

AI can do things you’d never even think about doing. But fraudsters have thought about it. And they’ve even figured out how to use it to steal from you and your customers without you ever noticing. 1.6 billion pieces of consumer data were leaked last year. (Source)...
How Long Do Background Checks Take? Exact Answer & What Causes Delays

How Long Do Background Checks Take? Exact Answer & What Causes Delays

by yardstik1dev | Aug 28, 2025 | Industry Insights

Hiring teams don’t have time to wait around. When roles need to be filled, every extra day in the hiring process slows down business and risks losing good candidates. That’s why the speed of a background check matters. Most background checks take one to two days to...
Beat Fraud with Identity Verification and Screening in One Unified Flow

Beat Fraud with Identity Verification and Screening in One Unified Flow

by yardstik1dev | Jun 17, 2025 | Industry Insights

We’ve heard from our customers for years that fraud is an increasingly difficult problem to solve. It’s no longer an infrequent edge case; it’s a pervasive daily problem. Especially for companies hiring in large volumes.  One of our customers shared...
How to Keep Background Check Reports Organized for High‑Volume Hiring

How to Keep Background Check Reports Organized for High‑Volume Hiring

by yardstik1dev | Jun 10, 2025 | Industry Insights

If you hire at scale, your background check dashboard probably looks more like a crowded inbox than a tidy list. You scroll, click, and scroll some more, hoping the report you need isn’t buried on page seven. That chaos costs real money with missed follow‑ups, late...
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