Last Friday morning, the NBC Today show ran an investigative piece critical of background screening companies. The story gave several examples of egregious mistakes made by some well-known background screening companies.
I knew that the story was coming, and I fully anticipated a one-sided hatchet job portraying background screening companies in the worst possible light. Reporter Jeff Rossen’s predictably sensational style did not disappoint.
The examples in the story were the worst — all chosen to show how background screening companies get it wrong. (more…)