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[Phone rings] Ann: “Cutting Edge, this is Ann.” Santa: “Ho Ho Ho!” Ann (rolls eyes—this guy calls every year): “Hey Santa! How’s things at the Pole?” Santa (bites cookie, takes a swallow of milk): “I’m starting early this year screening my elves. I don’t want a repeat of last year.” Ann (shudders to think of…
[Phone rings] Ann: “Cutting Edge, this is Ann.” Customer: “You’re drinking a pumpkin-spiced latte, aren’t you?” Ann (defensively): “Yes, but it was made with almond milk.” Customer: “I’m looking for ways to simplify the background screening process. But then I wonder, is simple the same as efficient? Is efficient the same as fast?” Ann (takes…
[Phone rings] Ann: “Cutting Edge, this is Ann.” Customer (bites into a donut): “Do you know how many hamburger’s McDonald’s sells?” Ann (flips on computer): “I can tell you in less than a minute. Knowing stuff is what I do.” According to a 2016 report, McDonald’s sells: 75 burgers every second 4500 burgers every minute…
[Phone rings] Ann: “Cutting Edge, this is Ann.” Customer (calling from under his desk, tin-foil hat firmly in place): “Is it safe to come out?” Ann (brushes cheez doodle dust of her jeans): “No, but things are definitely improving in the world of background checks.” Customer (loosens chin strap on tin-foil hat): “That’s great! Fill…
TRUE STORY on the importance of Continuous Criminal & Driving Monitoring: [Phone rings] Ann: “Cutting Edge, this is Ann.” Customer: “I need you to re-check one of the house managers of my nursing home. One of the staff looked at Carol’s Facebook and Carol told the world on Facebook that she stabbed her boyfriend last…
[Phone rings] Ann: “Cutting Edge, this is Ann.” Customer: “I’m running low on masks. Isn’t there a way to have the applicant initiate the background check and not have them come into the office to fill out the forms? All the forms. . .” Ann: (yanks computer out of briefcase): “So easy, my friend. So…
[Phone rings] Ann: “Cutting Edge, this is Ann.” Customer: “I’m tired of it all. Tell me something to make me laugh.” Ann: (bites vegan donut—imagines it’s like having a salad): “Okey dokey. My husband just bought a 2010 Harley-Davidson Road Master in candy-apple red. It is being shipped from Illinois. The last road trip we…
Criminal background checks rely on information provided by the courts. Courts across the country have been closed due to COVID-19. I, for one, never thought I’d see the day that the COURTS closed. Many have heard only the most pressing of cases. Some resorted to Zoom hearings. Interesting times, my friends, interesting times. We have…
COVID-19 has had an impact on so many areas of business and background checks are no exception. Here is what is possible and what’s not, what we are doing and what we just don’t know. High school graduation verifications. This is something we do for many of our clients, and Covid-19 has presented some definite…
I know, I usually start with (what I think is) an entertaining dialogue between my customer and me. Somehow, that just doesn’t seem appropriate in these times, although heaven knows we need humor and some sense of “sameness” in a world that is upside-down. What’s changed in the world of background checks? How will it…
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