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Corra Group will be attended the SAASTRE@ Art Basel Conference, this week in Miami, Florida. Art Basel is scheduled from December 5th through December 8th, the SAASTR Art plus Tech event will be held the evening of December 5th.

“SAASTRE is a wonderful organization through its blog, its website, its conferences, and various events brings together executives and entrepreneurs in the software and technology space,” said Corra Group Co-Founder, Gordon Basichis. “Corra Group, as a background checking company, services the entertainment, media, and technology industries, so this is a natural extension of our interest. Besides, we are definitely looking forward to the accompanying exhibit where an artist works with old MAC Computer components to create different pieces of art. That’s right up my alley.

Basichis pointed out that the main topic of discussion at the SAASTRE Conference is “Building a Unicorn from the Very Bottom Up.” He noted that this is not only a good learning experience, but as an El Segundo, California based company Corra Group works with startup companies in both its neighboring Silicon Beach as well as the Silicon Valley and technology districts throughout the United States and around the world.

“We are not only aware of this space, but we love this and the related industrial channels. We not only have our office in the technology and media centers, but we live there as well. We believe in technology, media, and entertainment, there exists core elements of American entrepreneurial activity. It is both exciting and critical to the continued development of business that will address the future of this country.

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Corra Group is preparing for the holiday season hiring rush as merchants get ready for the heavy shopping volume. The El Segundo, California headquarter background checking services offers a full range of background checks to accommodate the brick and mortar merchants as well the online shopping sites.

“Corra Group recognizes the seismic shift in online shopping,” said Corra Group Co-Founder, Nick Gustavson. No matter if you are online vendors or a brick and mortar merchant, it is prudent to have an employment screening program in place, even for temporary holiday workers.

“In the case of bother retail venues, aside from the criminal background checks, it is often prudent to conduct motor vehicle driving records, as more drivers will be hired to deliver the merchandise,” said Gustavson. “For the past several years, Corra Group has witnessed a surge in the need for truck drivers and even non-commercial drivers running shorter delivery routes.”

Gustavson pointed out that the recommended basic suite of searches includes the social security trace, to determine where a candidate has lived for the past seven years, the county criminal records search based on the counties recorded in the social security trace. He noted the third search is a national database search, which has its limitations but gives a wider scan for possible criminal records. He added the national criminal database search also includes the sex offender registry.

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Corra Group finds that the global economic slowdown and fear of recession has created an increased demand for the background checking company’s due diligence services.

Corra Group is experiencing a marked increase in Due Diligence orders as the Global Market continues its slowdown and fears of a recession are on the increase. According to many sources, including a recent article in Forbes Magazine, entitled “A Strange New World: Economic Slowdown, Liquidity Issues,” liquidity issues and decreases in manufacturing and production are creating instability in the global market.

“Corra Group offers a complete suite of background checks to address due diligence, intelligence gathering, and business research,” said Corra Group Co-Founder, Gordon Basichis. “Our clients are increasingly concerned with the increased market volatility, and they are requesting our background checking services both domestically and around the world. We are getting additional queries from new and potential clients, wanting to discuss the best approach to hedge against any negatives in their current and future endeavors.

“Let’s face it, many businesses were stung severely during the Great Recession,” said Basichis. “Ten years ago, far too many business people believed that money would remain plentiful and that vendors would be able to service them and customers would pay their bills. And then they discovered that wasn’t necessarily the case. Some were terribly damaged and those that survived sometimes saw their associates and competition go out of business. I think it’s fair to say they are not looking for a repeat performance.”

Basichis noted that Corra Group can customize due diligence background screening packages to meet its clients” budgets and requirements for both domestic and international searches. He listed such vital searches as criminal and civil records searches, asset searches, reputational searches, as part of the essential due diligence process.

“In today’s world, with the global economy, often our research and investigation may begin domestically but will extend internationally and to different countries,” said Basichis. “Or it can be the other way around, where there is the need for international background checks as the research is initiated in foreign countries, and then we find the need to research the principals and their corporate affiliates that are also operating in the United States.

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Corra Group is offering bankruptcies, liens, and judgments, or BLJ’s, as they are known as either a substitute to employment credit reports for employment screening. As evidenced in an article published by Fundera, the three major credit reporting agencies are no longer reporting tax liens and civil judgments on individual credit reports.

“It has been about a year since the three major credit reporting agencies, Trans Union, Experian, and Equifax have discontinued reporting tax liens and civil judgments to their consumer credit reports,” said Corra Group Co-Founder, Gordon Basichis. “As such, employers conducting credit reports as background checks for employment screening purposes may miss information that previously they used to determine the viability of a job applicant employment potential.

“For employers who base an employment candidate’s fiduciary responsibility, or lack of it, on their ability to function well in certain critical departments, or who need credit reports to meet certain compliance mandates, this is something to take note of,” said Basichis. By conducting bankruptcies, liens, and judgments as a supplement to or a as a substitute for credit reports, employers are able to see outstanding tax liens and civil judgments that could lead to garnishments. Garnishments, meaning where creditors can have access to as much as twenty-five percent of an employees salary, add extra burden and expenses to the human resource process.

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