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Welcome to 3rd Degree Screening’s background check blog, where you can find everything you need to know about all of our background check services. Whether you’re a job seeker or a hiring manager, here, you can find information to help you make better, more informed decisions. Will poppy seeds cause a false positive on a drug test? How do background checks work? What should you be looking for in a background check for new applicants? How do background check standards differ by industry? What are background check “red flags?” Learn all this and more by checking back often and keeping up with new posts!

Can Poppy Seeds Affect Drug Tests?

As one of the nation’s leading pre-employment drug screening providers, the 3rd Degree Screening team gets this question a lot: Can eating poppy seeds cause a false positive on my drug test? This is…Read More
How It Works: Criminal Background Check

Whether you are considering a new hire, a new tenant, or vetting volunteers, a criminal background check can help you determine whether an applicant is truly a good fit for your needs. If you think th…Read More
What is a Background Check?

We have probably all been through a background check before, most likely as a new employee or a tenant. You likely already have a general understanding of what is involved. However, there are a lot of…Read More
How Applicant Tracking Systems Can Help You Make the Right Hire

Are you still asking your job candidates to fax or email their resumes to you? Are you spending countless hours looking over resumes for candidates that don’t have the minimum requirements for your …Read More
Is Your Employment Background Check Pulling Everything?

When it comes to background checking the employees that you hire, it’s important to be thorough and accurate. After all, these are the people who will be representing and growing your business, and …Read More
How We Utilize the National Criminal Database

At 3rd Degree Screening, whenever we are performing a comprehensive background check, we take full advantage of the national criminal database and use it as a supplemental resource for our verificatio…Read More
Are Background Checks Really Necessary?

Many employers choose to perform background checks on potential employees before hiring, but some may question the time and expense of ordering a comprehensive background check and wonder: are they re…Read More
5 Types of Workplace Drug Testing

If you are an employer, it’s important to build a team that you know you can trust. Part of establishing and maintaining trust means communicating and reinforcing company policies for your employees…Read More

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