KRESS Employment Screening

KRESS Employment Screening One stop shop employment screening company serving businesses of all sizes and industries with their screening needs worldwide.

The resume reads perfectly. Whether any of it is true is a different question...64.2% of US adults admit lying on a resu...
07/21/2026

The resume reads perfectly. Whether any of it is true is a different question...

64.2% of US adults admit lying on a resume, and a fake reference costs just $128.60.

Swipe to see common tactics candidates are using and the layered checks that catch them. What would your screening catch today?

Read the full story: https://na2.hubs.ly/H06yzmC0

The World Cup keeps showing us the same thing: teams win when very different people commit to one goal. It is what HR le...
07/17/2026

The World Cup keeps showing us the same thing: teams win when very different people commit to one goal. It is what HR leaders are building every day, in the office, hybrid, and remote.

We pulled the habits that travel to any team into a simple playbook, download link in the comments.

What is the one thing that brings your team together?

"What does this drug test actually cover?"If you have ever been asked that with a start date looming, this one is for yo...
07/16/2026

"What does this drug test actually cover?"

If you have ever been asked that with a start date looming, this one is for you.

A 12-panel checks twelve drug categories in one test. It is the one to reach for in safety-sensitive roles, or after an accident, when you need broader coverage.

Our new guide covers what is on a 12-panel, when to use it, and how to keep your testing consistent across roles and sites.

Read it here: https://na2.hubs.ly/H06tNc10

Hiring doesn't slow down in summer. If anything, it speeds up, because turnover spikes and back-to-school deadlines star...
07/14/2026

Hiring doesn't slow down in summer. If anything, it speeds up, because turnover spikes and back-to-school deadlines start looming.

What does slow down: the working parent somehow expected to interview candidates at 3pm while the camp pickup falls through, run two reference checks before the no-meeting block at noon, and make a hire-or-no-hire decision after bedtime.

This is the bit nobody puts in the summer policy.

We're a female-owned employment screening company in Houston. Most of our team works from home, kids in the picture. We know what hiring through summer feels like, because we run it, and we live the rest of it too.

If you're a hiring manager reading this with one hand because the other one is making a snack: we see you. We'd like to make at least one part of the job easier.

What's the part of hiring that gets hardest for your team in summer?

Mental health context shows up in background checks more than most employers realize.A blanket policy can quietly auto-d...
07/09/2026

Mental health context shows up in background checks more than most employers realize.

A blanket policy can quietly auto-disqualify candidates whose records reflect an untreated illness, not ongoing risk.

Our new guide covers ten best practices and the legal framework: https://na2.hubs.ly/H064GQF0

Using AI in hiring is now a compliance decision before it is an operations decision.If your screening process uses any a...
07/07/2026

Using AI in hiring is now a compliance decision before it is an operations decision.

If your screening process uses any automated scoring, check three things: documented human override, proactive bias testing, and candidate access to the score.

Our guide covers the state-by-state rules and the steps you need to take.
https://na2.hubs.ly/H06m_0Z0

🎆 Happy Independence Day weekend from all of us at KRESS.Our office is closed Friday, July 3 and back Monday, July 6, an...
07/03/2026

🎆 Happy Independence Day weekend from all of us at KRESS.

Our office is closed Friday, July 3 and back Monday, July 6, and your account stays available around the clock. Have a safe and happy Fourth.

Virginia's Clean Slate law is now in effect.As of today, a broad set of criminal and traffic records is being sealed, an...
07/01/2026

Virginia's Clean Slate law is now in effect.

As of today, a broad set of criminal and traffic records is being sealed, and those records stop appearing on standard background checks. For employers the risk isn't missing a record. It's acting on one you are no longer allowed to see or ask about, and requiring a candidate to disclose a sealed record is now a criminal offense.

The providers hit hardest are the ones that build reports from purchased databases refreshed once a year. Under the new law they have to register with the Virginia State Police, pay a $30,000 annual fee, and delete sealed records on notice.

KRESS pulls live, source-verified county records at the moment each check is ordered, so there is nothing stale to scrub. We never had a database to begin with.

Swipe through for what changes, what stays the same, and the checklist to clear now.

Summer's brutal for remote working parents. Here are three small things that actually help, and not one of them needs a ...
06/30/2026

Summer's brutal for remote working parents. Here are three small things that actually help, and not one of them needs a policy change. Swipe through, then tell us which you'd try.

Colorado rewrote its AI hiring law, and most employers haven't caught up.SB 26-189 replaces the 2024 AI Act on January 1...
06/23/2026

Colorado rewrote its AI hiring law, and most employers haven't caught up.

SB 26-189 replaces the 2024 AI Act on January 1, 2027. If automated tools materially influence a hiring decision about a Colorado resident, you'll need pre-use notice, post-adverse-action notice with meaningful human review, and three-year recordkeeping.

One caveat: enforcement is currently paused. The Colorado AG has said he will not enforce SB 26-189 until rulemaking concludes.

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