by yardstik1dev | May 8, 2025 | Industry Insights
You’ve got candidates waiting to start. Your customers are asking when roles will be filled. And somewhere in between is a background check dragging its feet. Most providers make you choose. Speed comes at the cost of accuracy, and vice versa. It’s a tradeoff baked...
by yardstik1dev | Apr 24, 2025 | Industry Insights
Background check integrations are supposed to make life easier. Emphasis on supposed to. Ever had to chase a candidate down because they didn’t finish their background check? Or had your team bouncing between browser tabs, trying to figure out where a report even...
by yardstik1dev | Apr 9, 2025 | Industry Insights
You just got hit with a huge price increase. You didn’t see it coming. And with no time to switch providers, you feel like you have no choice but to renew. So, what now? Before we talk about how to stop these price hikes, let’s get real about why they happen in the...
by yardstik1dev | Mar 26, 2025 | Industry Insights
When a background check turns up something that makes you reconsider hiring a candidate, you can’t just ghost them and move on. There’s a process you’re legally required to follow. That process is called adverse action. This guide breaks down what adverse action is,...
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...
