AccuScreen Webinar Confronts Misinformation about National Criminal Database Search

Complimentary presentation tackles misleading information surrounding the National Criminal Database Search and provides employers the truth about databases searches in the background screening process

Tampa, FL (PRWEB) September 23, 2009 — AccuScreen Inc. (http://www.accuscreen.com), an employment background screening firm, will host a free Webinar presentation at 3PM Eastern, Friday, September 25, 2009 titled ‘The Truth about the National Criminal Database Search’ featuring ceo and founder Kevin Connell.

The National Criminal Database Search is also known as the National Criminal Index, the National Criminal File, a Multi-Jurisdictional Criminal Search, a Criminal Super Search and a host of other names. According to the experts at AccuScreen, many background screening companies improperly market this database search to business and consumers.

“People are selling this database as if it’s the only thing you need to be doing, and it’s wrong” says Kevin Connell of AccuScreen.

Friday’s Webinar will answer questions about the National Criminal Database Search, including:

•     What does this search do and what does it not do?
•     Why do certain well-known background screening companies who sell this search to businesses and consumers not want the truth of this search to be known?
•     What are the sources of information that make up these national records?

“This practice has gone by too many names and confused too many people,” adds Connell.

This Webinar is part of a continuing series created to provide objective, actionable, and important information about the proper role and practice of background screening in the hiring and employment process.

In celebration of their 15th anniversary, AccuScreen will provide this educational Webinar free of charge. This one-hour event qualifies for HRCI Continuing Education credits.

Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/982790923. Or call 800-689-2228 to register by phone.

About AccuScreen Inc.
Since 1994, AccuScreen, Inc. has been an industry pioneer, leader and expert in employment background screening, tenant screening, nanny screening and date screening, specializing in criminal background checks. Its reports are delivered to companies across the world with turnaround times from Instant to no more than 72 hours. CEO Kevin G. Connell founded the company with a burning desire that companies hire the right people from the start, resulting in greater cost control and better safety in the workplace. Mr. Connell served as a Founding Director of the National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS), and he is a frequent Radio and Television Guest, appearing on ABC and Fox. Kevin also serves as a national speaker and expert in negligent hiring, resume fraud, employee theft, and embezzlement. AccuScreen, Inc. is a C.A.U.S.E. Certified Background Screening Company.

About Kevin Connell
Kevin Connell has over 15 years experience as CEO & Founder of AccuScreen.com, a Global Background Screening Company, specializing in Criminal Background Checks. Mr. Connell was one of the founding Directors of the National Association of Background Screeners (www.napbs.com); he is an internationally-known expert on Background Checks, Occupational Fraud and Embezzlement, as well as a speaker, published author who has appeared on over 73 Television and Radio shows including Fox News and ABC’s Money Matters.

Lucia Bone of The Sue Weaver CAUSE Speaks on Critical Screening Measures for Employers and Home Owners during Live Webinar

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Complimentary presentation and interview to take place during National Safety and Security Week for business owners, hiring managers and consumers on the topic “De-Mystifying Background Checks: What Every Person, Family and Business Needs to Know Right Now”

Tampa, FL /  August 24, 2009 — AccuScreen Inc., an employment background screening firm, will host a free Webinar presentation and interview with Lucia Bone, Executive Director of The Sue Weaver CAUSE, Consumer Awareness of Unsafe Service Employment at 3:00 PM Eastern, Wednesday August 26, 2009.

The topic of the presentation and interview will be “De-Mystifying Background Checks” a message for both businesses and consumers, which will focus on the importance of background checks on contractors and employees who enter people’s homes to perform routine home improvement and maintenance tasks.

“Many consumers have a false sense of security when they see that a home repair or service company is bonded and insured,” according to Kevin Connell, CEO and Founder of AccuScreen, will moderate the Webinar and interview Ms. Bone.

“Those designations do not speak to the safety precautions taken in the hiring process,” adds Connell. “The CAUSE Certification, which includes a comprehensive criminal background check, provides consumers with the reassurance they need before engaging a local service provider and inviting them into their home or onto their property.”

The Sue Weaver CAUSE launched the CAUSE Certification on August 27, 2008 on the anniversary of the death of Sue Weaver who was raped and beaten to death in her suburban Orlando, Florida home on August 27, 2001. Six months prior to her death, Sue had contracted with a major department store to have the air ducts in her home cleaned. One of the two men sent to perform the work was a twice-convicted sex offender on parole who later returned to rape and murder Sue Weaver.

The CAUSE Certification is a program designed to better protect consumers and employers by offering a means of hiring safer employees, contractors and subcontractors. Annual criminal background checks are required on all employees, contractors and subcontractors before becoming CAUSE Certified.

AccuScreen, Inc. and The Sue Weaver CAUSE are promoting this as part of the United We Serve Readiness for Safety and Security Week, August 24-30 aimed at supporting the efforts of those involved in disaster preparedness and crime prevention.

“The background screening principles we will discuss in the interview are applicable to employers in all industries, so we invite everyone to join in this important discussion” says AccuScreen’s Connell.

All employers and interested consumers are encouraged to register to attend this complimentary event by calling AccuScreen, Inc on 1-800-689-2228 or going online at http://www.accuscreen.com.

Visit www.sueweavercause.org to learn how to protect yourself, your business, and your family when it comes to hiring employees, contractors and subcontractors. To learn more about criminal background checks, visit www.accuscreen.com.

About The Sue Weaver Cause

The Sue Weaver C.A.U.S.E., Consumer Awareness of Unsafe Service Employment, a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization brings awareness and education to consumers and employers regarding the necessity of criminal background checks on all service employees, contractors and subcontractors hired to work in or near clients’ homes.

About C.A.U.S.E. Certification

The Consumer Awareness of Unsafe Service Employment (C.A.U.S.E.) Certification campaign was launched August 27, 2008 as a nationwide consumer safety campaign to identify companies who perform criminal background checks on workers sent into consumers’ homes. The launch date marked the seven year anniversary of the death of Sue Weaver, who was raped and beaten to death in her suburban Orlando home by a worker sent to her home to clean her air ducts. Although he was a twice-convicted sex offender on parole, the company did not do a background check before hiring him. For more information on C.A.U.S.E. Certification please contact The Sue Weaver CAUSE at 877-450-5812 or email certification@sueweavercause.org

About AccuScreen Inc.

Since 1994, AccuScreen, Inc. (http://www.accuscreen.com) has been an industry pioneer, leader and expert in employment background screening, tenant screening, nanny screening and date screening, specializing in criminal background checks. Its reports are delivered to companies across the world with turnaround times from Instant to no more than 72 hours. CEO Kevin G. Connell founded the company with a burning desire that companies hire the right people from the start, resulting in greater cost control and better safety in the workplace. Mr. Connell also served as a Founding Director of the National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS), and is a frequent Radio and Television Guest, appearing on ABC and Fox. Kevin also serves as a national speaker and expert in negligent hiring, resume fraud, employee theft, and embezzlement.

AccuScreen CEO Will Discuss Resume Lying on Fox 13 News Tampa Bay

In a segment to appear during the Fox 13 Late News, Kevin Connell of AccuScreen addresses the increased incidence of resume falsifications and provides advice for job-seekers and employers.

Tampa, FL / January 14, 2009 – AccuScreen Founder and CEO, Kevin Connell, will appear today on the 10 p.m. edition of the Fox 13 News in a segment focusing on resume lying among job-seekers. Following its broadcast the segment will be available for archived viewing on the Fox 13 website.

AccuScreen is a leader and expert in employment background screening, specializing in criminal background checks. Connell will speak on the most common resume lies that his firm finds in their work with employers. The most common resume falsifications involve these key pieces of information:

• Dates of employment
• Job title (inflated rank)
• Criminal records
• Salary level
• Education (e.g. bogus degrees from diploma ‘mills’)
• Professional license (e.g. MD, RN, CPA, etc.)
• Self-owned business (e.g. ‘ghost’ company)

“In a challenging economy, people tend to lie more,” says Connell. “I regularly teach classes and seminars about the routine causes of fraud in the workplace. These same elements are at work in resume lying and employers have a measure of control in addressing these factors.”

According to Connell, job-seekers must be made aware that in an especially competitive job market, employers are intensely scrutinizing employment backgrounds, education credentials, and other key information contained in their resume or application.

“It’s a buyer’s market for hiring managers and recruiters,” says Connell. “Our clients, who know that 43% of resumes we screen include a discrepancy, likewise know to be vigilant and thorough in their background screening measures.”

Those who wish to view the Fox News Segment during the on-air broadcast should tune in at 10 p.m. The segment will be available for viewing online. AccuScreen will provide a link to the recorded broadcast on their website.

For additional information about resume lying and matters of employment screening, AccuScreen provides an eBook, “The Business Guide to Background Checks” available on the company blog for download here: http://www.backgroundcheckscenter.com/

About AccuScreen, Inc.

Since 1994, AccuScreen, Inc. has been an industry pioneer, leader and expert in employment background screening, specializing in criminal background checks. Its reports are delivered to companies across the world in 2 – 72 hours. CEO, Kevin G. Connell, founded the company with a burning desire that companies hire the right people from the start, resulting in greater cost control and better safety in the workplace. Mr. Connell also serves as a national speaker and expert in negligent hiring, resume fraud, employee theft, and embezzlement.

Resume falsifications – What can I do to avoid hiring bad employees into my company?

Hiring bad employees can be one of the biggest mistake an employer can ever do. This can put the company’s name and reputation at stake and put the your life and those of your other employees at risk.

There are many ways you can do to avoid having bad employees get into your company. But probably the most effective one is by conducting an intensive employment background search. A background check will be able to supply information regarding an applicant’s personal data, criminal records, driving records, medical records, educational background, employment history, military records, licenses, character references and many others.

This not only helps you avoid people who have undergone resume falsification by confirming the information stated in the resume, but more importantly this helps you avoid employees who had been involved in cases like fraud, stealing, sexual abuse or violent behavior.

Imagine hiring a person whom did not know has a history of violent behavior. One day you find out about it after he physically injured one of your customers. This customer then sues your company and affects your company’s reputation negatively. An employment background search will help you avoid such scenarios.

Another way you can avoid bad employees is by doing some investigations on your own. For one, you can contact the applicant’s previous employers so you will get to know the kind of performance he had for his former employer. Just be careful of pretend-references who are people paid to pretend as employer references.

You can also save yourself from all the troubles that a bad employee may inflict by having an employee in the applicants’ waiting room pose as a fellow applicant. This employee will say negative things about the employer or say things like, “I really don’t plan to stay long in this company.” How the applicants react and comment would give you an idea on the kind of employee they will be when they get into your company.

Felons Who Cross State Lines Pose Hiring Threat

Jeffrey John Curley
(June 9, 1987 – October 1, 1997)

Jeffrey John Curley was a 10 year old freckled-faced young boy with blue eyes growing up just outside Boston in East Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was the son of Bob and Barbara Curley and the youngest brother of Shaun and Bobby. Jeffrey played baseball, hockey, and basketball in the neighborhood, was well liked by everyone who knew him, loved to ride his bicycle, was a bright little boy, loved ice-skating and had a great sense of humor; and like many children growing up his age, he was a very innocent little boy, very trusting of others, and once dreamed of being a fireman someday. Jeffrey Curley was the portrait of an All-American young boy who had a passion for life and then on the afternoon of October 1, 1997, while visiting his grandmother’s house near his home, he said to her “Nana, I have to go do something. I’ll be back in 10 minutes.” She was the last person to see young Jeffrey before he disappeared.

The rest of the story of this 10 year old boy, who had the whole world ahead of him will never be truly known, however, from most accounts, this is what happened: Charles Jaynes of Brockton, MA and Manchester, NH, a pedophile, and member of NAMBLA (North American Man Boy Love Association), a then 22 year old, who was already wanted on 75 outstanding warrants in 18 Massachusetts courts and that apparently no one was looking for on the warrants for his arrest, and Salvatore “Salvi” Sicari of Cambridge, MA, a then 21 year old (another pedophile) also with a rap sheet ranging from selling cocaine in a school zone to assault and battery of a mother, lured Jeffrey Curley into Charles Jayne’s 1983 Cadillac Fleetwood with the promise of $50.00 and a new bike.

As reported by Yvonne Abraham of the Boston Phoenix:

“According to Sicari’s confession, he and Jaynes picked Jeffrey up on Hampshire Street between 3:00 and 3:30 in the afternoon of October 1st, promising to buy him a new bike in Newton. They stopped to buy some gas, and Sicari says Jaynes soaked a rag with it and demanded sex from Jeffrey, in the back of the car. The child refused. Jaynes placed the rag over Jeffrey’s mouth and the boy struggled, furiously. Sicari says the 85-pound 10-year-old fought the 250-pound Jaynes for a long time before he died. The young boy fought and fought with his attacker for over 20 minutes until suffocating from the gas-soaked rag jammed into his mouth. Then Sicari says Jaynes put Jeffrey in the trunk and drove to the Honda dealership in Newton. There, they worked on a car for a few hours, while Jeffrey lay dead in the Cadillac. The two then stopped to buy cement, a plastic container, and some alcohol and drove to Jaynes’s apartment in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Jaynes, according to Sicari’s confession, wrapped Jeffrey’s body in a blue tarp and took it into the apartment, then undressed it. He cut a button and a label from the child’s trousers to keep as souvenirs. He laid Jeffrey’s body on a plastic bag on the kitchen floor and sodomized him. Sicari claims Jaynes told him to molest the body too, but that he refused.

At 2:30 a.m., Sicari said, they mixed the concrete in the Rubbermaid container and placed Jeffrey’s body in it, on its side. They put lime on his eyes and mouth to speed decomposition, then drove to South Berwick, Maine and flung the container off a bridge into the Great Works River.”

Sicari was later charged and convicted of first-degree murder and kidnapping, and is serving life in prison with no possibility of parole. Charles Jaynes was picked up by police at his work at a Honda dealership in Newton, MA. When Charles Jayne’s boss had called Newton Police, Jayne’s already had 75 outstanding warrants for his arrest and was one of the primary suspects in Jeffrey Curley’s disappearance.

Charles Jayne’s trial was moved out of the Boston area at the request of his defense lawyers, they argued that their client could not get a fair trial because of all of the publicity surrounding the case locally, so the case was heard by jurors in Worcester County, about an hour’s drive west of Boston. On Friday, December 11, 1998, Charles Jaynes was convicted of second-degree murder and kidnapping of Jeffrey Curley and was sentenced to life in prison; he will be eligible for parole in the year 2021.

This senseless and horrible story of an innocent 10 year old boy named Jeffrey Curley who was victimized by two dangerous thugs and sexual deviants, pointed out the serious public safety threat those fugitives with outstanding warrants present to hiring managers and the general public. Throughout the United States, millions of warrants are outstanding for people wanted for very serious crimes, including “murderers,” “cop killers” and “rapists.”

This problem was highlighted extensively during and after the trial of Jeffrey Curley’s killers over a decade ago. The problem was brought to government officials, especially in Massachusetts, while in the late 1990’s, it was estimated to be only 20% of all outstanding warrants were listed with the FBI, which police use for background checks on suspects. The list of outstanding warrants has grown from 340,000 in 1990, to greater than 500,000 over a decade ago, to today’s estimate of between 1.9 and 2.7 million. Clearly, the problem has increased to epidemic proportions, and has gotten worse and not better.

The second case that highlights the outstanding warrant problem involves Christopher Palermo of Pittsburg, NH, a tiny town on the northern most part of New Hampshire, near the Canadian Border. Palermo was arrested in April 2007, after allegedly kidnapping his boss, Jonathan Wolfgram, and forcing him to drive Palermo all the way to a train station in downtown Boston. According to the victim’s statement to the Boston Police, once at the train station, the suspect forced his boss to purchase a train ticket so that he could escape outstanding arrest warrants. Evidently, Palermo told his boss, Wolfgram, that he knew where his (Wolfgram’s) father lived, and said that he would cause harm to him if he did not cooperate. The suspect said that he had hurt other people in the past. Palermo was arrested and charged with Kidnapping, Unlawfully Carrying a Dangerous Weapon, and Several Outstanding Warrants from Gloucester, a county east of Boston, MA.

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