August 2025 Newsletter
Staying Ahead as Summer Winds Down
As summer’s winding down, families are prepping for back-to-school, and many teams are shifting gears for year-end planning. In business, it’s a key time to stay organized as hiring picks up and lending activity gains momentum.
If your team is onboarding new employees or processing more applications, now is the time to ensure your background checks and identity verifications are running smoothly and meeting compliance standards. Taking care of the details now helps avoid delays later.
As always, please reach out to our team with any questions.
Stay safe and healthy,
Sandra James
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Industry News
2025 Screening Services: Tackling AI Resumes, Skills Gaps & the Race for Fast, Smart Hires
The hiring landscape has never been more complex, or more accelerated. In 2025, companies are hiring at unprecedented speeds, leveraging AI to sift through talent, and adapting to a workforce that is more distributed, skills-focused, and digitally driven than ever before.
Credit Score Changes Could Help More Renters Get Mortgages
Proposed changes to federal mortgage lending could make mortgages more accessible for many people with thin credit histories. But mortgage lenders say it will take time for these changes to be adopted.
