We are proud to be an active member of the Professional Background Screening Association, PBSA, whose mission is to Advance Excellence in the Screening Profession. For the fourth year in a row, PBSA is conducting an industry survey of human resources professionals regarding their use of employment background screening services.

We are asking our readers and clients to take a couple of minutes to complete this short survey. Your survey responses will be confidential and will be used to help the industry continue to grow and serve the needs of you, our customers. The survey should be completed no later than March 15, 2020. Click here to complete the survey.

Exciting news cited from a recent press release, the National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS) announced the association’s rebrand to the Professional Background Screening Association (PBSA). Members of the association overwhelmingly voted to approve the new name and bylaws at the 2019 Annual Conference in San Antonio. The change in the organization’s structure and the new name marks the culmination of the association’s transition into a truly global organization, a vision that initiated 12 years ago with the addition of an international committee which led to three international chapters in the years that have followed.

NAPBS and HR.com teamed up to survey human resources professionals to get their opinion on use of background screening. The survey was the third in a series and the results are interesting to say the least. The survey cites 96% of employers conduct one or more type of employment screening, and the main reason noted for conducting screening was for the safety of employers and their customers. Read the full report here.