Background Checks Demystified in Recent Webinar

In our recent webinar on February 23rd Kevin Connell CEO of AccuScreen and Mike Sankey discuss Google and Employment Background Checks.

Are you Googling Your Applicants? Be Honest..

Google: Employment Background Checks Demystified

Background screening services expert Kevin Connell and public records guru Mike Sankey to dissect common myths about gathering public information as part of employment screening.

TAMPA, FL — On February 23, 2011 at 2:00pm EST, two experts will cohost a complimentary webinar on the importance of using a background check service to ensure effective employment screening.

CEO of AccuScreen.com Kevin Connell will cohost with Mike Sankey, CEO of BRB Publications, Inc. (http://www.brbpublications.com), the nation’s premier publisher of sourcebooks and Web pages for locating public records. They will discuss common misperceptions and myths regarding public records, and how they pertain to employment screening services. They will teach you how to obtain and utilize criminal record and background information on job applicants.

“All too often, hiring managers will try to use “free” information located on Google to vet a new hire,” said Connell. “Whether the intent is to save time or money, even though your own time is money (Opportunity cost); not using the proper employment screening protocol may results in a mis-hire. The average cost of a mis-hire or turnover is up to 21 times the applicants’ annual salary.”

Webinar will reveal:
• Criminal records what can you really get online?
• What are the best practices of obtaining and utilizing criminal records?
• Debunking the myth of Google, Does it search everything or just the shallow web?
• Who is policing the Internet for accurate information?
• What are the best search practices with out compromising accuracy?
• Cheap criminal background check databases are they worth it?

“I am fully confident that attendees of the webinar will be well equipped to implement strategies to hire great employees and not walking lawsuits,” said Connell.

To register for this webinar, “Google: Employment Background Checks Demystified” click here. The webinar hosts will provide free advice on how to compile accurate background information using employment screening services.

About Kevin G. Connell

Kevin G. Connell is a renowned professional background screening expert; he is recognized for his expertise on employment background screening, criminal record checks, workplace fraud, embezzlement, employee theft, resume fraud and negligent hiring in the workplace. He is widely quoted and has been featured on television, including ABC-TV “Money Matters” and the Fox News Channel, and has been interviewed on more than 126 live talk radio programs.

About Mike Sankey and BRB Publications, Inc.

Michael Sankey is the founder and CEO of BRB Publications, Inc. and is the Director of the Public Record Retriever Network (PRRN). Michael has more than 25 years of experience involving public record research and record access. He has authored or edited over 75 publications.

Michael was part of the Steering Committee that founded the National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS). He was also elected to the first NAPBS Board of Directors in 2004 and served two years.

He is regarding as a leading industry expert in public records, criminal record access, state motor vehicle record policies and procedures, as well as knowing who’s who in the commercial arena of public information vendors.

Michael resides in Tempe, AZ with wife and two children. He can be reached at mike@brbpublications.com. Web pages include www.brbpublications.com and www.prrn.us.

Upcoming Webinars

We are excited about the New Year and the webinars we have in store for you. Our goal is to provide you insight and create awareness to all your employment screening needs. Here are our next two upcoming guests.

• This month we will be hosting a webinar with Michele Stuart, Private Investigator for 18 years. She is the Owner of JAG Investigations in Arizona. Michele has made it her business to be one of the leading investigators in the country and is known extensively throughout the investigative community for her ability to find hard to obtain information.

• In February we will be hosting Mike Sankey, founder and CEO of BRB publications.
Which is a background screening publication. BRB’s books and electronic products provide in-depth profiles to over 26,000 government agencies and 3,500 record vendors that maintain, search for or retrieve public records. BRB’s products and directories are known to be kept up-to-date, comprehensive, and affordable. BRB Publications is a past recipient of the Publisher of the Year award from Quality Books and a past winner of a Product Achievement Award from the Information Industry Association.

We will be sure to notify you of these upcoming webinars, when we get closer to the dates. These will be two webinars you will not want to miss.

As a way of giving back to you our clients we host these webinars for you to stay updated and informed. If you have suggestions on topics for a webinar, please email your suggestion to Stephanie@AccuScreen.com.