Background check terms can be hard to understand, but you need to know the basics in order to do and review background checks for your organization correctly. Here are 5 background screening terms you should know so you can make sure you are collecting information in line with federal, state, local, and business laws and rules.

Here we’ll go through the most common misconceptions about background screening, and provide you with some of the solutions we suggest to our clients. Information on candidates has to be gathered from diverse sources, and local laws dictate how you are allowed to obtain that information and what you can or can’t do with it.