今年早些时候，2010 年人口普查的工作人员开始走访没有填写和交回人口普查表的公民的家。从那以后，人们发现一些犯罪分子通过背景调查溜到大街上受雇于人口普查。

虽然数字并不大，特别是考虑到劳动力的规模，但它发生的事实仍然突出了人口普查背景调查的两个主要问题：首先，他们进行的唯一检查是指纹识别和联邦调查局背景调查；其次，他们允许人口普查员在完整的检查结果出来之前开始工作。

虽然同时进行指纹检查和 FBI 背景调查是一个好的开始，但它并没有涵盖一个人可能犯下的所有罪行的全部范围。联邦调查局背景调查是一个国家犯罪数据库。虽然它可能是一个很好的国家犯罪数据库，但您必须仔细权衡该数据库本身是否足够。

第二个问题实际上是许多雇主的做法，而且并不总是一个坏主意。但是，对于许多职位，这可能是一个问题。例如，如果一名护士的职业执照验证还没有回来，你会允许他开始工作吗？这样做是让您的公司承担责任。

同样，在背景调查没有问题之前，不应开始任何要求员工去或更糟进入某人家的职位。这是让一名员工在支票回来之前开始履行职责，从而允许一名性犯罪者在新泽西挨家挨户上门。虽然我们可以假设人口普查局会在他的定罪曝光后撤回他的工作，但他采访的一名新泽西妇女在此之前从该州的性犯罪者登记处认出了他。

在生活中，你必须从别人的错误中吸取教训。据公众所知，这名男子在担任人口普查局雇员期间没有犯罪，但如果他是人口普查局，人口普查局将面临一件大衣服，只是因为缺乏一点耐心和额外的搜索。不要让他们的错误成为你的错误。在他的背景调查回来之前，请小心您允许员工履行的职责，不要让小额积蓄妨碍您的客户和员工的安全。

While the numbers aren’t large, especially considering the size of the workforce, the fact that it occurred still highlights two major problems with the census background checks: First, the only checks they performed were fingerprinting and an FBI background check; second they allowed census takers to start working before the full results of their checks came back.

While running both a fingerprint check and an FBI background check is a good start, it doesn’t cover the full spectrum of all crimes that could’ve been committed by a person. The FBI background check is a national criminal database. Though it may be a good national criminal database, you must carefully weigh whether or not the database will be sufficient on its own.

The second issue is actually something many employers practice and it’s not always a bad idea. However there are many positions for which this might be a problem. For instance, would you allow a nurse to begin work if his professional license verification hadn’t come back yet? To do so is to open your company up to liability.

Similarly, any positions that call for the employee to go to, or worse into, someone’s home should not be begun before the background check comes back with no issues. It was letting an employee start his duties before the check came back that allowed a sex offender to go door-to-door in New Jersey. While we can assume that the Census Bureau would have retracted his employment once his conviction had come to light, a New Jersey woman he was interviewing recognized him from the state’s Sex Offender Registry before it came to that.

In life, you have to learn from the mistakes of others. This man, as far as the public is aware, committed no crimes while he was a Census Bureau employee but had he the Census Bureau would be facing a large suit simply for want of a little patience and an extra search. Don’t let their mistakes become yours. Be careful of the duties you allow an employee before his background check has come back and don’t let a small savings stand in the way of the safety of your clients and employees.