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There are few positions that merit a hiring background check more than ones directly involving the financial transactions of a company. Even if it costs a lot

There are few positions that merit a hiring background check more than ones directly involving the financial transactions of a company. Even if it costs a lot of money, it is absolutely money well spent.

moron4hire 11y ago
Background checks definitely do not cost a lot of money. I think it's in the $15 range.
- readams 11y ago
  Criminal background checks are actually surprisingly hard to do. There are cheap ones that will search a subset, but doing it thoroughly actually requires physically going to courthouses in the county for all prior addresses. Even then, you can miss records if they are in counties where the person doesn't live.
  - imron 11y ago
    Either way, it's going to be cheaper than the hundred thousand dollars lost.
  - Nutmog 11y ago
    This surprises me about America. Other countries have national criminal record databases. Is it that America hasn't spent the money to build one, or that counties/states/police stations don't want to share information, or that they're not allowed to share information?
    - stevetrewick 11y ago
      But access to those databases is not necessarily available to all. In the UK we have the 'Disclosure and Barring Service' (which used to be the 'Criminal Records Bureau', but there are now a bunch of non crime (or non conviction) reasons you might be on the barred list) which will perform a background check which discloses any convictions and any allegations of sexual abuse. All this for the bargain price of £59. As that last suggests, however, only certain roles are eligible for the checks, those being primarily roles that involve working with children or vulnerable adults, though the full list [0] is quite interesting. [0] https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/493717/Guide_to_eligibility_v8.pdf https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachm...
- cortesoft 11y ago
  Yeah, $15 in FIAT MONEY!!!!!!
- flatline 11y ago
  Last I checked you're out about a grand for a semi-decent background check, one that would possibly have turned this up. Compared to the total cost of hiring someone that's peanuts.

moron4hire 11y ago

Background checks definitely do not cost a lot of money. I think it's in the $15 range.

readams 11y ago
Criminal background checks are actually surprisingly hard to do. There are cheap ones that will search a subset, but doing it thoroughly actually requires physically going to courthouses in the county for all prior addresses. Even then, you can miss records if they are in counties where the person doesn't live.
- imron 11y ago
  Either way, it's going to be cheaper than the hundred thousand dollars lost.
- Nutmog 11y ago
  This surprises me about America. Other countries have national criminal record databases. Is it that America hasn't spent the money to build one, or that counties/states/police stations don't want to share information, or that they're not allowed to share information?
  - stevetrewick 11y ago
    But access to those databases is not necessarily available to all. In the UK we have the 'Disclosure and Barring Service' (which used to be the 'Criminal Records Bureau', but there are now a bunch of non crime (or non conviction) reasons you might be on the barred list) which will perform a background check which discloses any convictions and any allegations of sexual abuse. All this for the bargain price of £59. As that last suggests, however, only certain roles are eligible for the checks, those being primarily roles that involve working with children or vulnerable adults, though the full list [0] is quite interesting. [0] https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/493717/Guide_to_eligibility_v8.pdf https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachm...
cortesoft 11y ago
Yeah, $15 in FIAT MONEY!!!!!!
flatline 11y ago
Last I checked you're out about a grand for a semi-decent background check, one that would possibly have turned this up. Compared to the total cost of hiring someone that's peanuts.