International Criminal Records Double Talk> Vol. (many)

I have written before how international criminal record retrievers engage in passing along information that is incorrect or is totally meanlingless, though it sounds official.

The latest is a thread going through a pre-employment screening Chat List whose topic this time is electronic signatures.

It ( the topic of electronic signatures) was going along smoothly until an international record retriever decided to add this double sided comment:

"All, I can tell you on an international basis that e-signatures are not accepted.

Only wet signatures are allowed, generally."

Here we go again.

The international expert writes first you can't (that is..he goes, "I am an expert and I'm telling you that internationally, E-signatures are not accepted."

But hold on there!  His next sentence, "Only wet signatures are allowed, generally."

That throws me for a loop,

What's the "generally" for?

Probably means that All I Can Tell You Is I'm Not Positive About My First Statement About E-signatures not being accepted.

Probably means this, too, "I just want to sound important and knowlegeable and you know, like an expert, so you will give me lots of business."

That is, (Generally Speaking).

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  Steve Brownstein, the Background Investigator, has not retired. (dated August 18,20011).

  I have found there are many individuals with my same name, one has a posting 'Steve Brownstein Has Retired.'

  Not me.

  That Steve Brownstein; I have found there are many individuals with my same name, the one I'm writing about one has a posting 'Steve Brownstein Has Retired.'

  I have had several conversations with him when he first joined the Chicago PD, he's retired. Too soon, I might add.

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Calif. Compnay Offereing International Record Checks In 24-48 Hrs, Bologna!

A Calif.company keeps sending E-mails around the pre-employment screening community touting 24-48 hr results on criminal record checks in over 195 countries.

My 20+ years experience and travels worldwide tell me this is ludicrous.

This company is harmful to our industry and to the companies we serve.

Buy from them at your own risk, plus have plebty E&O insurance.

A good lawyer will tear you up.

Some Background Researchers Can Drive You Nuts

Some criminal background investigators can drive you nuts.

It wasn't to long ago a Ben something from England quoted a police clearance site from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police and ascertained from it that all record checks in Japan are illegal.

It wasn't too long a go a Bill somone published a background checking book and wrote criminal record checks in Hong Kong were illegal.

It wasn't too long ago a Wayne somebody spoke at a conference (The India Background Investigator Conference) and said all types of criminal record checks were illegal.

Beware these guys - for they know not what they speak.  (soory for the imperfect quote).

They drive me nuts and cost all of us a lot of money.

When we believe them (why, I do not know) we lose when we hire the wrong candidate based on their advice not to do a search.

When we have to disprove them, it costs time and money to re-educate ourselves.

What their motives are I'll never know.  They are all beginners in the records field. Maybe that's why.

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