Thanks for the info on these, and it's also good to see your level of professionalism here. I haven't done the bg check because I'm generally not available to do weekday audits, but I might be interested in them in the future.
elcarev68 Wrote:
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> The bg check may not be MSI/TS's initiative, but
> may be the requirement of the client (which, as
> was rightly said earlier, is not the
> inspectee/local business or even the coroporate
> owner if the local business is a franchise, but
> rather an outfit that somehow provides
> confidential services to the inspectee.)
> As the contracted "inspector," we leave the site
> with the knowledge of locks, security systems,
> locations of files, building layout, computer
> systems, etc. Given the extremely valuable nature
> of the information that is supposed to be 100%
> secure, we'll know whether and how it is
> vulnerable, and in two cases where I have been, it
> would have been very easy to return and acquire.
>
> On top of that, these inspections can take the
> auditor into the private residence of an
> individual (I've done three home offices) where
> there can be just one other person or even
> children present.
> Further, it may not be just us as independent
> contractors who are required to have the bg check,
> as at least one of the "clients" require the
> collection of names and contact info for computer
> repair and heating/air conditioning services
> providers to the local business.
> I can totally understand the bg checks.
> My $8 investment yielded a $500 return last year
> exclusively for shops that required the check.
> My $8 renewal has yielded over $200 so far this
> calendar year for the same.