13 Future Trends in Background Screening

Thomas Lawson, Wanda Hackett

As the capstone chapter for the book, we are going to focus on the future and what it may bring. Our projections are based on our collective experiences and information gathered during our research for this book. This is not intended to be an exhaustive portrayal of what the future may hold for background screening, as if we had a magic crystal ball anyway, but more so the trends “we envision that will impact the screening industry. In the very turbulent times when Russia started on its trek toward capitalism under Mikhail Gorbachov, he once quipped, “The future is not what it used to be,” and we believe this is an accurate portrayal of the transformation that is occurring ...

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