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[Phone rings] Ann: “Cutting Edge, this is Ann.” Customer: “Ya know, last year you had me review ALL my hiring and background check policies and forms to be compliant with the Fair Credit Reporting Act and these pesky state laws to which I am beholden.” Ann: (rolls eyes, here it comes): “And you’re REALLY glad…
A Christmas Carol Background Check Blog (Ghost of Background Checks Future) [Phone rings] Ann: “Cutting Edge, this is Ann.” Customer: “It happened again! You know, I had that crazy dream where you were Marley and I was Scrooge and I was being sued for negligent hiring and had that crazy expensive attorney representing me. Then…
[Phone rings] Ann: “Cutting Edge, this is Ann.” Customer: “I can’t get that crazy dream out of my head where you were Marley and I was Scrooge and I was being sued for negligent hiring and had that crazy expensive attorney representing me.” Ann: [pops chocolate out of Advent Calendar]. “Are you sure it was…
[Phone rings] Ann: “Cutting Edge, this is Ann.” Customer [sounds shaken]: “I had a dream last night that you came to me, and you told me I was going to be visited by three ghosts. Background checks past, background checks present and background checks future. You said your name was “Marley,” and kept calling me…
[Phone rings] Ann: “Cutting Edge, this is Ann.” Customer: “I got that holiday song stuck in my head. . .”He’s making a list, checking it twice. Gonna Find out who’s naughty or nice.” Ann: [flips micro-switch that illuminates the mini light bulbs on her Christmas sweater]. “That sounds like an opening to a holiday blog…
Ann (puts down leftover drumstick, wipes hands on jeans): “Cutting Edge, this is Ann.” Prospective Client: “I am uh, shopping around for uh, you know, uh background checks.” Ann: “That’s great! There are a lot of good companies out there. What do you need in a background check?” Prospective Client (trying to be patient—didn’t Ann…
[Phone rings] Ann: “Cutting Edge, this is Ann.” Santa: “I think one of my elves is stealing from me.” Ann: “Oh my. Surely you ran a background check on her before you hired her for the Workshop?” Santa: “Ho ho ho. Well, no. It seemed like a waste of money. They are only going to…
[Phone rings] Ann: “Cutting Edge, this is Ann.” Customer: “So, November is the month of gratitude. I am grateful—I don’t worry about negligent hiring, I do background checks. . . I can’t think of anything else I need to be grateful—not to rude, but as far as you’re concerned..” Ann (takes a deep swallow of…
[Phone rings] Ann: “Cutting Edge, this is Ann.” Customer: “I hear Thanksgiving is one of your favorite holidays.” Ann (hikes up sleeves of her sweater adorned with a turkey): “It is! Fall foliage, cool days, all the gratitude and family. . .” Customer: “Geez. . .you SOUND like a Norman Rockwell painting.” Ann (continues, not…
[Phone rings] Ann: “HOCUS POCUS.” Customer [takes a beat]: “That’s a modern-day Halloween classic!” Ann: “Yup. Good background checks aren’t magic. But they might seem like it.” Customer [groans]: “Oh man that was cheesy.” Ann [hangs stuffed bat and broom on outside the office door, puts candy on table]: “I feel like a bubbling caldron…
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