As an employer, attracting the very best talent when hiring is your priority. The problem is, glowing resumes often exaggerate the truth about a candidate’s qualifications. Of course it’s common for job applicants to embellish their resumes to spice up what might otherwise come across as mediocre qualifications and experience but outright lying about diplomas

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.