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Proving a Negative

A concise reflection on how background screening proves “bounded negatives” by clearly defining scope, using complete sources, documenting methods, and accounting for gaps or alternative explanations.

Proving a Negative

Proving a Negative

Proving a Negative

A concise reflection on how background screening proves “bounded negatives” by clearly defining scope, using complete sources, documenting methods, and accounting for gaps or alternative explanations.

Spring and Summer Hiring is Coming: Five Things to Think About.

Spring and Summer Hiring is Coming: Five Things to Think About.

March is a month where Cutting Edge Background starts to see a lot of seasonal hiring. Particularly rec areas that hire young people to work the snack bar, lifeguard at the pool, work the grounds. It’s a busy season.

Education Verifications: FAQ’s

February 2, 2026

Education Verifications: FAQ’s

Rant incoming. It’s about education, and I guess, specifically, education verifications. Ain’t nothing new, just a reminder about some important notes.

One Size Fits All? Not Really

January 16, 2026

One Size Fits All? Not Really

It’s January, the holidays are in the rear-view and my earrings still fit. Okay, it’s an old joke. You can groan.Do your background checks still fit?

The Cost of a Bad Hire: Understanding and Reducing the Impact on Your Business

January 16, 2026

The Cost of a Bad Hire: Understanding and Reducing the Impact on Your Business

Learn the true cost of a bad hire—beyond $15,000—and how screening, verification, and risk assessments prevent repeat losses.

Healthcare Employee Screening: Comprehensive Testing & Occupational Health Screenings for the Healthcare Industry

January 16, 2026

Healthcare Employee Screening: Comprehensive Testing & Occupational Health Screenings for the Healthcare Industry

Healthcare hiring guide for compliant screening: layered background checks, license and credential verification, risk reduction, and a downloadable compliance checklist.

Comprehensive Guide to Criminal Background Check Minnesota: Process, Records, and Search Tips

January 16, 2026

Comprehensive Guide to Criminal Background Check Minnesota: Process, Records, and Search Tips

Minnesota criminal background check guide covering BCA searches, county/statewide/InstaCriminal™ screening, and FCRA-compliant review for safer hiring.

Staffing Background Checks: Comprehensive Guide for Staffing Companies to Hire Smarter and Onboard Faster

January 16, 2026

Staffing Background Checks: Comprehensive Guide for Staffing Companies to Hire Smarter and Onboard Faster

High-stakes staffing guide to background checks: reduce bad hires, stay FCRA/state compliant, speed onboarding, and use tailored screening checklists.

Comprehensive Employee Background Checks: Your Guide to Effective Background Check Processes

January 16, 2026

Comprehensive Employee Background Checks: Your Guide to Effective Background Check Processes

Comprehensive guide to employee background checks: layered county/state/federal screening, FCRA compliance, best practices, and a downloadable checklist for safer hiring.

Background Checks Minnesota: Comprehensive Guide to Background Check and Public Criminal History Search

January 16, 2026

Background Checks Minnesota: Comprehensive Guide to Background Check and Public Criminal History Search

Minnesota employers can reduce hiring risk by using compliant background checks, combining statewide, county, and federal searches with FCRA-required consent and documentation.

Meet The CEBI Team: Adrian Van Doreen

December 9, 2025

Meet The CEBI Team: Adrian Van Doreen

Professional Highlights: What is your role, and what do you enjoy most about it?

Meet The CEBI Team: Lana Van Doren

November 30, 2025

Meet The CEBI Team: Lana Van Doren

Professional Highlights: What is your role, and what do you enjoy most about it?

🦃 Did You Hire a Turkey?

November 6, 2025

🦃 Did You Hire a Turkey?

A Thanksgiving Look at Background Checks‍It’s that time of year again — turkey on the table, gratitude in the air… and maybe a few questionable hires around the office.

Scary Season Comes to Background Checks: Gather ‘Round Children

October 3, 2025

Scary Season Comes to Background Checks: Gather ‘Round Children

After 30 years in the business of pre-employment background checks, I have a couple scary stories to kick off October.

FAQs from the shameless commerce division of Cutting Edge Background Investigations

September 1, 2025

FAQs from the shameless commerce division of Cutting Edge Background Investigations

Q. It’s painstaking having to enter all the details for the background checks. SSN’s,DOB’s, addresses, employers, education, references.

Optimizing Your Background Screening Program: Advanced Strategy Options for HR Leaders

Optimizing Your Background Screening Program: Advanced Strategy Options for HR Leaders

It's July, things are on lock for the summer. Baseball, 4th of July, kids at camp, vacation planned.It's a lock with business too—hiring is humming, no surprises coming your way. Well, who can tell. They are "surprises," after all.

Employment Verifications: Background screening lynchpin or obsolete policy?

Employment Verifications: Background screening lynchpin or obsolete policy?

Employment verification has been a cornerstone of background screening for decades, and I should know. I’ve been around this business for literal decades. We dutifully call previous companies to confirm dates of employment, job titles, reason for leaving, eligibility for rehire, the whole nine.

When Background Checks Go Wrong: Getting What You Expected

When Background Checks Go Wrong: Getting What You Expected

We've all experienced consumer letdowns: the menu photos showed a juicy steak, but what arrived was tough and overcooked.

Criminal Searches and the Time Drag

February 25, 2025

Criminal Searches and the Time Drag

Criminal search delays often stem from quality assurance bottlenecks, prioritization of large clients, or misleading provider excuses—Cutting Edge Background ensures fair, efficient, and transparent screenings for all clients.

New Year, New Background Check Policies

February 25, 2025

New Year, New Background Check Policies

Reviewing and updating background check policies ensures compliance, consistency, and legal protection—Cutting Edge Background simplifies the process.

12 Days of Background Checks

February 25, 2025

12 Days of Background Checks

Background checks safeguard employers from legal risks by ensuring accurate applications, compliance with laws, verification of credentials, and diligent screenings—Cutting Edge Background simplifies the process for peace of mind.

6 Tips for Employers on Conducting Background Checks (Part 2 of 2)

February 25, 2025

6 Tips for Employers on Conducting Background Checks (Part 2 of 2)

Employers must navigate FCRA, Ban the Box, and Clean Slate laws carefully; Cutting Edge Background helps avoid compliance pitfalls and ensures accurate screenings.

6 Tips for Employers on Conducting Background Checks (Part 1 of 2)

February 25, 2025

6 Tips for Employers on Conducting Background Checks (Part 1 of 2)

Background checks prevent negligent hiring risks, and Cutting Edge Background ensures compliance effortlessly.

DEATH, TAXES AND. . .COMPLIANCE?

February 25, 2025

DEATH, TAXES AND. . .COMPLIANCE?

Cutting Edge Background simplifies FCRA-compliant background checks by automating authorization, disclosure, and adverse action processes to ensure legal compliance and reduce employer paperwork.

Understanding Ban the Box (Fair Chance initiative) Laws

Understanding Ban the Box (Fair Chance initiative) Laws

Learn about the latest updates to Minnesota's Ban the Box legislation and how it affects your hiring process.

Proving a Negative

Proving a Negative

A concise reflection on how background screening proves “bounded negatives” by clearly defining scope, using complete sources, documenting methods, and accounting for gaps or alternative explanations.

Proving a Negative

Proving a Negative

A concise reflection on how background screening proves “bounded negatives” by clearly defining scope, using complete sources, documenting methods, and accounting for gaps or alternative explanations.

Spring and Summer Hiring is Coming: Five Things to Think About.

Spring and Summer Hiring is Coming: Five Things to Think About.

March is a month where Cutting Edge Background starts to see a lot of seasonal hiring. Particularly rec areas that hire young people to work the snack bar, lifeguard at the pool, work the grounds. It’s a busy season.

Education Verifications: FAQ’s

February 2, 2026

Education Verifications: FAQ’s

Rant incoming. It’s about education, and I guess, specifically, education verifications. Ain’t nothing new, just a reminder about some important notes.

One Size Fits All? Not Really

January 16, 2026

One Size Fits All? Not Really

It’s January, the holidays are in the rear-view and my earrings still fit. Okay, it’s an old joke. You can groan.Do your background checks still fit?

Meet The CEBI Team: Adrian Van Doreen

December 9, 2025

Meet The CEBI Team: Adrian Van Doreen

Professional Highlights: What is your role, and what do you enjoy most about it?

Meet The CEBI Team: Lana Van Doren

November 30, 2025

Meet The CEBI Team: Lana Van Doren

Professional Highlights: What is your role, and what do you enjoy most about it?

🦃 Did You Hire a Turkey?

November 6, 2025

🦃 Did You Hire a Turkey?

A Thanksgiving Look at Background Checks‍It’s that time of year again — turkey on the table, gratitude in the air… and maybe a few questionable hires around the office.

Scary Season Comes to Background Checks: Gather ‘Round Children

October 3, 2025

Scary Season Comes to Background Checks: Gather ‘Round Children

After 30 years in the business of pre-employment background checks, I have a couple scary stories to kick off October.

FAQs from the shameless commerce division of Cutting Edge Background Investigations

September 1, 2025

FAQs from the shameless commerce division of Cutting Edge Background Investigations

Q. It’s painstaking having to enter all the details for the background checks. SSN’s,DOB’s, addresses, employers, education, references.

Optimizing Your Background Screening Program: Advanced Strategy Options for HR Leaders

Optimizing Your Background Screening Program: Advanced Strategy Options for HR Leaders

It's July, things are on lock for the summer. Baseball, 4th of July, kids at camp, vacation planned.It's a lock with business too—hiring is humming, no surprises coming your way. Well, who can tell. They are "surprises," after all.

Employment Verifications: Background screening lynchpin or obsolete policy?

Employment Verifications: Background screening lynchpin or obsolete policy?

Employment verification has been a cornerstone of background screening for decades, and I should know. I’ve been around this business for literal decades. We dutifully call previous companies to confirm dates of employment, job titles, reason for leaving, eligibility for rehire, the whole nine.

Criminal Searches and the Time Drag

February 25, 2025

Criminal Searches and the Time Drag

Criminal search delays often stem from quality assurance bottlenecks, prioritization of large clients, or misleading provider excuses—Cutting Edge Background ensures fair, efficient, and transparent screenings for all clients.

New Year, New Background Check Policies

February 25, 2025

New Year, New Background Check Policies

Reviewing and updating background check policies ensures compliance, consistency, and legal protection—Cutting Edge Background simplifies the process.

12 Days of Background Checks

February 25, 2025

12 Days of Background Checks

Background checks safeguard employers from legal risks by ensuring accurate applications, compliance with laws, verification of credentials, and diligent screenings—Cutting Edge Background simplifies the process for peace of mind.

6 Tips for Employers on Conducting Background Checks (Part 2 of 2)

February 25, 2025

6 Tips for Employers on Conducting Background Checks (Part 2 of 2)

Employers must navigate FCRA, Ban the Box, and Clean Slate laws carefully; Cutting Edge Background helps avoid compliance pitfalls and ensures accurate screenings.

6 Tips for Employers on Conducting Background Checks (Part 1 of 2)

February 25, 2025

6 Tips for Employers on Conducting Background Checks (Part 1 of 2)

Background checks prevent negligent hiring risks, and Cutting Edge Background ensures compliance effortlessly.

DEATH, TAXES AND. . .COMPLIANCE?

February 25, 2025

DEATH, TAXES AND. . .COMPLIANCE?

Cutting Edge Background simplifies FCRA-compliant background checks by automating authorization, disclosure, and adverse action processes to ensure legal compliance and reduce employer paperwork.

Understanding Ban the Box (Fair Chance initiative) Laws

Understanding Ban the Box (Fair Chance initiative) Laws

Learn about the latest updates to Minnesota's Ban the Box legislation and how it affects your hiring process.

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