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NOVEMBER 2024

Unlocking Veteran Talent: Your Key to Successful Veteran Recruitment

The Clean Slate Act: What New York Needs to Know Now

OCTOBER 2024

Boosting Background Investigation Diversity Spend: Smart Strategies to Save Money

Fingerprinting: The Outdated Shortcut to Background Checks

SEPTEMBER 2024

The Clean Slate Revolution: Navigating New York's Hiring Landscape

PBSA 2024 Annual Conference Flash Report

Your Quick Guide to New Hampshire Background Checks

CI Times Volume 21 Issue 3

AUGUST 2024

How Missed Misdemeanors Cost NY Businesses Millions

The Dark Side of NYS OCA Background Checks

Saving 37% on Background Check Costs

JULY 2024

New York Background Checks: The Hidden Rules That Could Sink Your Hire

Keeping Your Roads Safe: A Guide to Motor Vehicle Reports for Employers

JUNE 2024

Healthcare Sanctions Background Checks: Why They Matter

Five Essential Steps for Employers to Ensure Background Check Compliance

Women Of The C-Suite: Michelle Pyan Of Commercial Investigations On The Five Things You Need To Succeed As A Senior Executive

CI Times Volume 21 Issue 2

MAY 2024

The Affordable Truth About Candidate Work Histories

Summer Hiring Pitfalls: How Social Media Can Help Safeguard Your Workforce

APRIL 2024

Ensuring Safe Play: Background Checks for Parks and Rec

Mastering I-9 and E-Verify for a Secure Workforce

Women Owned Wednesday - Mariah

Women Owned Wednesday - Jen

Women Owned Wednesday - Laurie

MARCH 2024

CI Times Volume 21 Issue 1

CI Spirit Week

CI’s 21st Year in Business

Your Guide to Student Clinical Background Checks

Women Owned Wednesday - Yvette

Women Owned Wednesday - Katelyn

FEBRUARY 2024

Navigating the Investment Adviser Public Disclosure (IAPD)

5 Best Practices for Volunteer Background Checks

Leading with Heart: Michelle Pyan of Commercial Investigations On The Power of Authentic Women’s Leadership

JANUARY 2024

CommunityVotes 2023 Best Private Investigator Winner

Why Some Skeletons Cost More Than Others

The Sherlock Approach: How Identity Validation Solves Mysteries

DECEMBER 2023

CI Holiday Party

Why Some Skeletons Cost More Than Others

Clean Slate Act: Decoding New York's Criminal Justice Reform

NOVEMBER 2023

Choosing the Perfect ATS for Your HR Team

5 Ways to Supercharge Your Hiring Process

OCTOBER 2023

CI Times Volume 20 Issue 3 - The Crystal Clear Lens

Continuous Monitoring: Your Shield Against Risks

SEPTEMBER 2023

CI Blog: Using AI to get a Bird’s Eye View of Applicants

AUGUST 2023

CI Blog: Today’s Background Investigation

CI Blog; The Impact of Consolidation

JULY 2023

CI Blog: The Price is Right?

CI Blog: AI is Here, Now What?

JUNE 2023

CI Blog: Using Social Media to Evaluate Candidates

CI Blog: Screening Your Investigations Partner

2023 CI Olympics

CI Times: Volume 20 Issue 2 - Unlocking Smarter Hiring Potential

MAY 2023

CI Blog: Fake it Til you Make It

CI Blog: What’s in a Name? Ban the Box vs Fair Chance vs Clean Slate

APRIL 2023

CI Blog: You Can Handle the Truth: Five Tips for Uncovering Lies in the Hiring Process

CI Blog: The Good, the Bad, and the Convicted - A Due Diligence Story

CI Times: Volume 20 Issue 1 - Peeling Back the Criminal Onion

MARCH 2023

CI’s 19th Birthday

CI Blog: The Surprising Uniqueness of New York State Criminal Records

CI Blog: You Can Handle the Truth: Five Tips for Uncovering Lies in the Hiring Process

FEBRUARY 2023

CI Blog: Understanding the Differences in New York State Criminal History Data

CI Blog: Operation Nightingale Vigilance

CI Blog: Decisions, Decisions: A Tool to Ensure Compliance with State and Federal Hiring Guidelines

JANUARY 2023

CI Blog: Keep Your Business Safe With Pre-Employment Screening

Anatomy of a Background Investigation

CI Times: Volume 19 Issue 4 - Diet Background Investigations

DECEMBER 2022

Adopt-a-Family Albany

CI Holiday Party

CI Blog: What You Need to Know About DIY Background Investigations

CommunityVotes - Albany Platinum Private Investigator

NOVEMBER 2022

Northeast Regional Food Bank Donation

Monthly Guardian Blog Post

OCTOBER 2022

Halloween Costume Contest

Wear Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness

Halloween Axe Throwing

CI Times: Volume 19, Issue 3 - The Wild, Wild, Internet

THC Testing in New York State Panel

CI Blog: To Disclose or not To Disclose: That is the Question

AUGUST 2022

CI Blog: The Legal Requirements that Hiring Managers Often Overlook

JULY 2022

Guardian’s Travels: Guardian Dives Into The Box

Spotlight: World’s Greatest CRA

Due Diligence: A Wild Honeymoon

To Ban or Not To Ban The Box

JUNE 2022

2022 CI Olympic Games

CI Blog: Legal Marijuana and Workplace Drug Testing in New York State

MAY 2022

What You DON’T Know: Hiring Volunteers Summer 2022

What You DON’T Know: DMV & MVR Reports

APRIL 2022

What You DON’T Know: Continuous Monitoring Solutions

What You DON’T Know: Pre Adverse and Adverse Action Process

What You DON’T Know: Professional License Verification

March 2022

Guardian’s Travels: Guardian the Lobbyist

Spotlight: CI Social Committee

Due Diligence: They Redacted What!?

Nationwide Expungements and Redactions

CI Blog: Streamlining the Job Applicant Experience

What You DON’T Know: Technology in Background Investigations

What You DON’T Know: Social Media / Cyber Investigations

What You DON’T Know: Employment, Education, and Reference Verification

What You DON’T Know: OIG & GSA Exclusion Lists

What You DON’T Know: Sex Offender Registry

FEBRUARY 2022

What You DON’T Know: Compliant Drug Testing

What You DON’T Know: Ban the Box Laws

What You DON’T Know: Hiring Volunteer’s

What You DON’T Know: Credit Reporting

JANUARY 2022

CI Blog: Background Checks with Name-Only Matching Spell Trouble for Employers

World’s Greatest TV Show Press Release

What You DON’T Know: Name Matching Only

DECEMBER 2021

Guardian’s Travels: Guardian and the Sheriffs

Spotlight: CI Year Rewind

Due Diligence: Fly Me To The Clink

Cursory Indicator NY Versus NYS OCA

CI Blog: 4 Red Flags to Look Out for When Doing Background Investigations Today

SEPTEMBER 2021

Guardian’s Travels: Undercover

Spotlight: Game On!

Due Diligence: An Affair To Remember

Recreational Marijuana and the Workplace

JULY 2021

International Operations

Due Diligence: French Twist

Spotlight: Community Involvement

Guardian’s Travels: Counterfeiting Exposure

MARCH 2021

Criminal Research and COVID

Due Diligence: You Can’t Eat Your Cake, And Have It Too

Spotlight: Cyber Investigations

Guardian’s Travels: Guardian and The Matrix

CI Blog: NYS OCA Is Not the Gold Standard CRAs Think It is

FEBRUARY 2021

CI Blog: Just Because It’s Legal Doesn’t Mean It’s Right

CI Blog: Redemption - Is It Possible…

JANUARY 2021

CI Blog: New Jeans

DECEMBER 2020

Fake Diploma Chronicles

Due Diligence: Prenuptial Agreement

Spotlight: 2020 Holiday Festivities!

Virtual Hire Experience

CI Blog: “It Depends On What You Pay”

NOVEMBER 2020

CI Leading The Way!

Due Diligence: Virtual Hiring Success!

Spotlight: Our Decision Matrix

Guardian’s Travels: Background Screening

AUGUST 2020

Virtual Team Building!

Due Diligence: Meet The Parents Continued…

Spotlight: State Sex Offender Registry

Guardian’s Travels

JULY 2020

CI Blog: Sex Offender Registry: Are All Created Equal?

CI Blog: Solely the Disclosure Under FCRA

APRIL 2020

Curious Paradox in Background Investigations

Due Diligence: Problematic Pandemic

Spotlight: Naming Our Turret!

Guardians Travels #1

MARCH 2020

Cursory Indicator NY - From Volume 11 Issue 5

Due Diligence: Saved By The Bell - From Volume 11 Issue 5

CI is the Big Winner While Helping Others - From Volume 11 Issue 5

Spotlight: Drug Test - From Volume 11 Issue 5

CI Blog: The Fallacy of NYS OCA Misdemeanor Redemption Policy

FEBRUARY 2020

To Ban or Not To Ban - From Volume 11 Issue 6

Due Diligence: Changing of Seasons - From Volume 11 Issue 6

CI’s 10th Birthday: Autumn Events - From Volume 11 Issue 6

Spotlight: Cursory Indicator NY - From Volume 11 Issue 6

CI Blog: What does a Salary History Ban have to do with Your Background Investigations?

JANUARY 2020

Believe It Or Not Part II

CI: Caring Investigators!

Spotlight: Introducing Guardian’s Travels

Meet The Parents

SEPTEMBER 2019

Clash of the Investigators

CI’s Competitive Initiative

Spotlight: International Updates!

No More Malarkey, Only French Fries

MAY 2019

Cheers to 15 Years!

CI’s Common Inquiries!

Spotlight: Putting the Fun in Fundraising

New Year, New Prue!

FEBRUARY 2019

Nancy’s Revenge

Ahead of the Game

New Year and New Upgrades!

Spotlight: CI’s Guide to Resolutions

JANUARY 2019

Interview With Michelle

SEPTEMBER 2018

Ten Out of Ten - Highly Recommend

Spotlight: CI Has Your Back

A Mounting Battleground: Federal Crimes

Captain Vigilant™ - Continuous Monitoring

AUGUST 2018

Announcing a Change in Some Employment Verifications

JULY 2018

Press Release: CI’s Eye on Legislation

Are You a Clay Pot? Because You’re Fired!

Believe It or Not

Spotlight: 2018 CI Outings

CI Speaks: Behind the Red Curtain

CI Blog: ICE Audits are on the rise… are you ready?

CI Blog: CI’s Eye on Legislation

CI Blog: Michelle is Presenting in Florida!

MAY 2018

CI Blog: 2018 CI Olympics

CI Blog: Meet the Team - Yvette Austin

APRIL 2018

Employment Falsifications

Tread Carefully With Cyber Investigations™

Spotlight: Mission, Vision, Values

Ohio is for Misdemeanors

CI Blog: This is National Volunteer Week!

CI Blog: This Just In: The Number One Reason Employers Conduct Background Investigations Is Public Safety

FEBRUARY 2018

CI Blog: 2018 Superbowl Commercial

JANUARY 2018

Do You Know Who’s Driving You?

Doug User, More Like Drug Abuser!

Pre Adverse and Adverse Action - What You Need to Know

Spotlight: Coming Soon - CIware ATS

CI Blog: Davin and CI Join Forces

NOVEMBER 2017

Negative-Dilute Results

Liar Liar Will Not Hire

Due Diligence: Reverse Nepotism

Spotlight: New Drug Test Available

JULY 2017

New Office, Same Great Customer Service!

Spotlight: Fake Diplomas

The Good, The Bad, and The Perky

CIware 2.0 Super Tips

CI Blog: Our New Signs Have Arrived!

MAY 2017

CI Blog: 2017 Bowl For Kid’s Sake

CI Blog: Do you know where Due Diligence was?

APRIL 2017

CI Blog: The Big Move

MARCH 2017

Bored of Education

No Records Found

Spotlight: Guardian

A Day in the Life of a Background Investigation

CI Blog: CIware 2.0 Reporting and Communication

CI Blog: CIware 2.0 - Endless Options

CI Blog: Background Investigations - Simplifying the Order Process

FEBRUARY 2017

The Dawning of a New Day

New Year, New CI

Spotlight: Drug Testing

CI Blog: Reference Verification - Friday Funnies

CI Blog: Albany County Joins “Ban the Box” Movement

JANUARY 2017

CI Blog: Friday Funnies

CI Blog: Dependability - Friday Funnies

DECEMBER 2016

CI Blog: Why Wed - Why Does CI Care About Certification?

CI Blog: December 2016 Holiday Season

CI Blog: Why Wed - Why Does CI love Philanthropy?

NOVEMBER 2016

Cursory Indicator NY™ - Why You Should Jump Onboard

Ban the Box - Pros and Cons

Spotlight: Vigilant™ Services

CI Blog: Why Wed - Why Does CI Like to Support Local Business?

CI Blog: Why Wed - Why are Schools Requiring Parents and Volunteers to have Background Checks?

CI Blog: Why Wed - Why Do I Get An Investigator Answering the Phone When I Call CI?

CI Blog: Why Wed - Why is running a Motor Vehicle Report Good Practice?

CI Blog: Why Wed - Why Switch to CIware 2.0?

OCTOBER 2016

CI Blog: Why Wed - Why Choose a Women Owned Business?

APRIL 2016

National Reentry Week

MARCH 2016

Background Investigations - Perception vs. Factuality

CI Speaks: We Are Finalizing Our New Website!

JANUARY 2016

CI’s Red Hot Goals for 2016

DECEMBER 2015

Prestigious Women’s Business Enterprise National Council Certification Received

SEPTEMBER 2015

Michelle Unscripted Take Two

Quality and Customer Service

JULY 2015

Google With Care

Anticipated Graduations for New Hires

CI is a Certified Women Business Enterprise

Can Petty Theft Really Be a Federal Crime?

MARCH 2015

Four Secrets to a Speedier Background Investigation!

Who is Coaching My Kid?

JANUARY 2015

Commercial Investigations 10 for 10 in 2014 Wrap Up

Do You Use a Portal / Electronic Consent Form?