As it turns out, Phillip was on to Rick, and all of the shady things he had done in order to advance his own career at the Center for Philanthropic Services. Lying about background checks and trying to hide the fact that Due was arrested and had a rap sheet as long as the Mississippi River topped his list.

Our newest team member, Guardian, is a character come to life from our logo. We introduced Guardian, symbol of all things bright and beautiful in compliance and security, on social media within the past month.

The Initiating Investigator has already run my identifiers through Origin™, sweeping over 645 million criminal records to get top level hits through federal databases, anti-terrorist databases, the Dru Sjoden Sex Offender Registry, and The Death Master Search Index…oh, snap! Several John Smiths have come up!

A new day is dawning with CIware 2.0, and converting you to our new platform is so easy! We are there with you every step of the way and will work with you.

A move will allow us to work smarter to make our company even better. Our new location offers an open concept, allowing us to work more cohesively.

Drug testing is becoming popular among those that already have policies. Employers are seeing the benefits that creating a drug-free workplace provides.

Changes in the FLSA are still rocking companies’ HR departments. You’ve been making important choices about salary costs, policies, and more.

Many job applications contain a checkbox with a question about criminal history. Often, when this box is checked, qualified applicants are rejected at this step prior to the interview. The stigma of a record negatively contributes to recidivism, and unproductive reentry of citizens into society.

Continuously monitoring for criminal activity is a prudent way to protect your organization. This service continually monitors databases for arrest activity.

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.