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Judgment & ambiguity · When to escalate

A background-screening result comes back with a serious record attached to your candidate's name, but a detail or two doesn't match — a middle initial, a date. It could be a database error, a common-name mismatch, or a real omission. Do you escalate or resolve it yourself?

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A background-screening result comes back with a serious record attached to your candidate's name, but a detail or two doesn't match — a middle initial, a date. It could be a database error, a common-name mismatch, or a real omission. Do you escalate or resolve it yourself?

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