Now why didn’t I see this one coming?  The Atlanta Journal Constitution published an article today about young people being denied employment after a background check reveals problems on their credit report.  What’s worse? It was their beloved parents who committed identity theft and caused the problem.  Check out this [...]

Great tips about how to protect yourself from identity theft.  One thing they leave out? Do a background check on yourself! Don’t let a few dollars stop you from getting that first job out of college.
More than 3.3 million college students may have been victimized by a computer data theft at a Minnesota company that [...]

This story is another great reason to conduct a background check on yourself before going to that job interview.   Identity theft is one of the causes for mis-information on a background check.  Imagine the embarrassment?
Are you really you? It’s hard to say.
That’s because identity theft was the top consumer complaint for 2009, the Federal Trade [...]

Identity theft is one of the leading causes of job seekers not getting gainful employment.  Did you know that a criminal record may exist as part of your persona and it wasn’t even you who committed the crime? Running a background check on yourself before an employer does can help break the mystique of why [...]