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Is LinkedIn a Threat to your Safety?

LinkedIn and Background Checks

Before anyone gets freaked out by the title of this article, let me assure you that People Search News has always been a fan of LinkedIn. Being a pioneer in business social networking, LinkedIn has helped thousands of professionals gain new clients, find employment and grow their businesses. In fact, a few of our staffers (Dubleche and Agony) were found using this social network. The bottom line is that if you want to make business contacts, you need to visit LinkedIn. However, as with any social network, there may be some risk in getting personally or financially involved with someone you meet on LinkedIn.

When a person signs up for LinkedIn, he or she is asked to provide basic personal information as well as information on his or her educational and professional background. Once this initial step is complete, the user is then allowed to post their profile on the network and begin making professional contacts. Basically, the time it takes to get registered and begin networking is less than ten minutes. This “jump right in” capability of the network is probably one of its biggest strengths as anyone can begin fully utilizing LinkedIn quickly. However, like the proverbial double edged sword, this ease of use also makes LinkedIn a potentially dangerous tool as members are never screened by the use of a background check.

Read Full Article... | Comments (3) | Posted on Nov 15, 2007

You Don't Need a Private Investigator to Find People Anymore

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by Christi Lundquist

Back in the days, if you wanted to find someone, you needed a private investigator to do the job. But with the technology that now become commonplace in today's world, finding someone from your past can be done right from the comfort of home.

Read Full Article... | Comments (0) | Posted on Apr 27, 2007

How to Run a Business Search and How the Information is Used

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by Christi Lundquist

Much of what you would want to know about a business can be learned online. How the information is used is up to the researcher. But there are some very common uses for the information that you can pull up in a business report, and some of them are very handy to the right person. If you find yourself needing to know more about a company's history, a business search just might be what you're looking for. They are easy to obtain, and could help save your business thousands of dollars.

Read Full Article... | Comments (0) | Posted on Apr 27, 2007

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