EBI's own background screening library.

With the resources EBI has at its disposal for background screening, drug testing, and human resources management, we felt it was time to offer a consolidated location for accessing many of our best public research materials, hence EBI's background screening online library was born.

You'll also find a complete archive of our EBI Advisor, our periodic newsletter on the background screening industry located here.

You're welcome to use and quote any of these resources, in whole or part, as long as you offer complete attribution to this page and our site.

Current topic: National Background Screening: Catching More Offenders The case of Maurice Gibbs in Barnes County, North Dakota has garnered a lot of attention regarding the failure of cheap background checks, and public criminal records, to keep dangerous people out of the workplace. Gibbs is charged in the death of a 22-year-old student in the area. He had worked at the school for some time, and was then hired as a Barnes County jailer. And in terms of background screening, while Gibbs was supposedly screened by a Valley City dispatcher, the screening itself only covered 4 states, was reliant upon public criminal records, and took "less than two minutes." Later it was discovered that he has been charged in the past for attempted premeditated murder. He has also been recently linked to a previously unsolved rape in Fargo. The community is rightfully outraged. But unfortunately, it isn't surprising that a thing like this could happen. Cheap background checks are just that: cheap. They tend to rely on outdated, unorganized, or even just plain false information. The recent trend in relying on free information only makes matters worse. Public criminal records tend to be poorly maintained, but some background check companies even go so far as to rely on Google or other search engines, and even social networking sites, to provide information on the potential hire. Thorough background screening will always take longer than "two minutes" because it includes a social security check to rule out aliases (Gibbs had recently changed his name), as well as a criminal records search on local, state, and national levels. And these services only constitute the tip of the iceberg; all potential hires should be subject to in-depth screening to examine their suitability for the job, as well as the workplace environment. These measures, among many others, are specifically designed by experts in the field of background screening to protect employers from liability, and employees (and the public) from potentially dangerous co-workers. Call EBI to discuss designing a drug testing program to suit your company's needs.Our reliable drug testing programs will give you peace of mind about drug use in your workplace. Criminal records searches. Random drug testing. Reference checks. Everything for a comprehensive picture of your prospective employees. Call us at 800.324.7700 for details.

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