Many job applications contain a checkbox that asks about criminal history. Often, qualified applicants are rejected at this step prior to obtaining an interview. The stigma of a record negatively contributes to recidivism, and unproductive reentry of citizens into society.

There are many factors that go into a background investigation, which leads to numerous misconceptions on what goes into conducting one. Here are five important misconceptions that should be addressed with applicants to put both the employer and the prospective employee at ease.

It’s a time of new beginnings with our new CIware 2.0 software and new website. Our team has been creating our new and improved site.

We gave ourselves a make-over, and hope you like our red hot new look! We take self-improvement seriously around here, which is why you’ll notice changes to our website as well. One of our goals for 2016 is to continue to improve our background investigations processes, for clients and participants alike.

Commercial Investigations LLC is a certified 100% woman-owned licensed private investigative agency offering thorough and affordable background investigations with human intervention. Owner and President, Michelle Pyan, realized that obtaining certification as a woman-owned business was a great way to open new doors to potential clients and large contracting opportunities, including those through government agencies.

If you missed the Webinar where Michelle spoke, then you missed some exciting information! She was asked questions about CI and the broader industry.

Just as I fell to the temptation of the discount jeans in my youth, we at Commercial Investigations understand that cost is a big factor when deciding on a product or service. Some other companies certainly cost less. But what they lack in cost is often equal to what they’re missing in both quality and service.

When you’re introduced to someone new you “Google” them. This is called cyber-vetting. It causes more issues and is a lot more difficult than one would think.

As we know, when Spring time rolls around, high school and college students anxiously anticipate graduating in May and June. Students also fill out applications for employment and start to work for a prospective employer after they graduate. The question for employers is how do they deal with waiting upon a verification of the subject’s education.

Did you know that Commercial Investigations is a certified Woman Business Enterprise? Michelle Pyan, our President at Commercial Investigations LLC, founded the company in 2004 and has since been at the helm of running it. This means that your company can receive our attentive and client oriented services while also fulfilling the governmental requirement.

It seems hard to imagine such a small crime being prosecuted at the highest level, but if it does, it will not show up on a state or county search.

Does your organization know the secrets to expedite background investigations? There are many ways to get them completed faster. Secret 1:

It's late in the afternoon on a Thursday in Spring. You pull into the parking lot just in time for Junior to take the field with his new youth baseball team. You sit in the car fastidiously catching up on emails from the day. After about twenty minutes you get a gut feeling. Is it really the best use of your time? You look out into the field where six adults are working with the 15 youth baseball players. You wonder, who is coaching my kid?

Does your organization know about Commercial Investigations’ portal technology and electronic consent form? What is a CI portal/electronic consent form you ask? It is a highly secure co-branded portal and an electronically signed consent form that the subject uses to enter their personal data and authorizes your organization to run a background investigation.