Behind the Screens: Conversations with Background Screening Pros hosted by Les Rosen
Behind the Screens: Conversations with Background Screening Pros hosted by Les Rosen
Podcast Description
"Behind the Screens" is a podcast that brings you up close and personal with the people in the background screening industry. Hosted by Les Rosen, each episode features in-depth, human-interest interviews with a diverse range of guests—including business executives, employees with extensive screening experience, vendors who serve the industry, and legal and compliance experts. These conversations dive into the personal stories and insights of those who know the industry best, offering a fresh perspective on the people driving background screening. Whether you are part of the industry or just curious, "Behind the Screens" delivers authentic, non-marketing-focused stories from the world of background checks.Your host: Les Rosen is an Attorney, former owner of a screening firm, the chair of the steering committee that founded PBSA and the first co-chair of PBSA, as well as author of the "Safe Hiring Manual," and frequent presenter nationwide.For more information, see: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lesterrosen/ CONTACT US!Send comments, feedback, suggestions for future guests or sponsorship information to:[email protected] Sponsor: https://preemploymentdirectory.com/ , publisher of the Background Buzz!
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The podcast focuses on diverse topics within the background screening industry, such as compliance, technology, industry transformations, and personal growth. Episodes include insights from business executives like 'Katie Hartley discussing leadership and regulatory challenges' and 'Fred Giles on second-chance hiring and industry growth,' providing concrete examples of industry relevance and passion.
“Behind the Screens” is a podcast that brings you up close and personal with the people in the background screening industry. Hosted by Les Rosen, each episode features in-depth, human-interest interviews with a diverse range of guests—including business executives, employees with extensive screening experience, vendors who serve the industry, and legal and compliance experts.
These conversations dive into the personal stories and insights of those who know the industry best, offering a fresh perspective on the people driving background screening. Whether you are part of the industry or just curious, “Behind the Screens” delivers authentic, non-marketing-focused stories from the world of background checks.
Your host: Les Rosen is an Attorney, former owner of a screening firm, the chair of the steering committee that founded PBSA and the first co-chair of PBSA, as well as author of the “Safe Hiring Manual,” and frequent presenter nationwide.
According to attorney and industry veteran Vince Pascarella, “For those of you who don’t know, Les Rosen was the chief architect of the PBSA predecessor NAPBS, and its first Chair and unofficial Executive Director. Simply put, no Les Rosen then, no PBSA today.”
For more information, see: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lesterrosen/
CONTACT US!
Send comments, feedback, suggestions for future guests or sponsorship information to:
Platinum Sponsor: https://preemploymentdirectory.com/ , publisher of the Background Buzz!
One started out writing record store ads in South Florida. The other spent 18 years as a teacher, including years as a missionary teacher in inner-city Vancouver. Neither planned on a career in screening, and both earned their place the hard way. Today John Lawrence is VP of Client Experience at InfoCheck Solutions and Joe Dardano owns Background Investigations, and both are among the most visible, generous voices in the screening community. I call them industry boosters.
In this episode you'll hear about:
- How John went from music industry marketing to running marketing at GIS, and helped grow it into the fourth largest CRA in the country before the HireRight merger
- How Joe and his wife bought Background Investigations in 2017, rebuilt it from the studs, and found real growth after moving to Palm Desert and serving staffing clients
- The day a lighthearted Snow White trade show skit ended up in a John Oliver segment on HBO, and how John turned that exposure into a positive
- Joe's biggest sales and marketing lesson: be the tortoise, not the rabbit, and just keep showing up
- Why John believes you can't stumble into being an expert in this industry, and why investors who don't value that expertise learn it the hard way
- Joe's reminder that behind every background check is someone looking for a job, and a client who needs 500 people in the warehouse tomorrow
- What PBSA has meant to both of them, from John's first intimidating conference in Orlando to introducing InfoCheck as a diamond sponsor, and Joe's advice to do Advocacy Day at least once
- Advice for newcomers: don't let the bozos discourage you, never stop learning, and put yourself out there on LinkedIn
Fun facts: John is 6'6” and descends from Captain James Lawrence of ”Don't give up the ship” fame, he's writing a science fiction novel set in South Carolina, Joe never learned to ice skate as a Canadian kid but played roller hockey for 12 years, and he's bringing a rhinestone cowboy hat to Texas
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Thanks to our sponsor, PreemploymentDirectory.com, publisher of Background Buzz and numerous other resources. And a special thanks to W. Barry Nixon.
Connect with US:
- Les Rosen– https://www.linkedin.com/in/lesterrosen/
- Subscribe to our YouTube Channel– https://www.youtube.com/@BehindtheSCreens200
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