At Aperion Screening, the global employment background screening company, we strive to share the latest news and events with our clients. Here you will find the latest in our industry and yours. 

Job Hunters ask: After a drug conviction, can you ever get hired?
Region: The AMERICAS
Date:  30 August, 2010
Anne Fisher (CNN/Fortune's "Ask Annie") answers a reader's question about the impact of an old drug conviction on a current job hunt. Sterling CEO Bill Greenblatt provides the background checking perspective on this serious issue. Read her column to see what he has to say.
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Sterling Infosystems acquires Screening International
Region: GLOBAL
Date: 22 July, 2010
Sterling Infosystems, leading employment and background screening services provider, acquires Screening International. 
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Driving Licence Verification Product – coming soon
Region: EMEA
Date: 26 July, 2010
Protect your business from work related road risk, as well as potential prosecution under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act, with Aperion Screening’s Driving Licence Verification product – coming soon.

Vetting & Barring Scheme Update
Region: EMEA
Date:15 June, 2010
The UK Government has announced their intention to remodel the Vetting & Barring Scheme (VBS) back to proportionate, commonsense levels. As a result, the ISA-registration stage of the scheme has been stopped and therefore will not launch on 26 July 2010 as planned.
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Metropolitan Police launch PREFIT Forum
Region: EMEA
Date: 15 June 2009
As a direct response to alarming trends in employee-perpetrated crime, the Metropolitan Police Service and members of the screening industry are set to launch a cross-sector Forum entitled PREFIT.
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