EDIFY Screening

02/28/2026

02/21/2026

Brutal honesty: the next two weeks at Edify Screening are going to be intense.

We’re moving into a larger office this coming week. And we’re launching a new line of service the week after with in-office drug and alcohol testing.

At the same time, we’re also working through RFP responses as the incumbent, which is its own kind of pressure. When you already serve the client, you’re not just explaining what you can do. You’re proving, again, why you’re still the best choice while continuing to deliver day to day.

All of these are good things. All of these are growth. They are also the kind of growth that comes with checklists, curveballs, and a calendar that does not care how well you planned.

Here’s what I’ve learned (again): sometimes all the planning in the world still gets wrecked by reality. A vendor timeline slips. A delivery gets rescheduled. A key detail you thought was handled suddenly is not. And the plan you were proud of becomes a rough draft.

So what do you do as a business owner? You improvise, adapt, and overcome. Not as a slogan, but as a discipline:

*Protect the critical path
*Communicate early and clearly
*Simplify what can be simplified
*Trust your team and your processes
*Keep moving forward even when the timeline shifts

To be honest, I’m excited and nervous at the same time. But I’m also confident. I’m looking forward to watching our team at Edify Screening rise to the challenge and continue delivering exceptional value for our current and future clients.

We’re pushing and expanding because we want to serve our clients better. More capacity. More services. Better support. Better experience. And yes, getting there means messy months. That’s part of building something that lasts.

If you’re in a “three big things at once” season too, I see you. Keep going.

Blessings,
Chas

01/27/2026

For those in the nonprofit sector, here's an article I recently wrote for Religious Product News about volunteer screening. Fo https://zurl.co/18ds5

Blessings,
Chas

Closing the gaps in volunteer screening isn’t about suspicion. It’s about stewardship, protecting both those who serve and those who are served. By recognizing where vulnerabilities exist, ministries can strengthen their safety culture and continue building trust in every corner of their communi...

01/25/2026

I’ve been in background screening for 17 years, and I still see things for the first time.

When someone has a common name, our team has to sort through a mountain of noise to find what actually belongs to the person we’re screening.

Every once in a while, the noise is… entertaining.

We recently pulled a record from Orange County, Florida that looked like this:

COURT: FL – ORANGE COUNTY
OFFENSE: NONYA BIDNEZ

01/18/2026

So, here’s a real story that explains what I mean when I say we at EDIFY believe in compassion and accuracy in background screening.

Recently, an applicant called us in a panic. They’d been denied employment because of what “showed up” on their background check. Multiple criminal convictions in places they’d never been. They wanted to dispute it.

But here’s the twist. We didn’t run their background check. A completely different screening company did.

They told me they tried to contact that company, hit a voicemail, left a message, and a week went by with no call back. Desperate for answers, they Googled “background check companies,” found our info, and called hoping someone could help fix the errors in their report.

They didn’t understand something most people don’t: not all background checks are the same, and not all screening companies handle consumers the same way.

In a perfect world, mistakes would never happen, but the truth is they do. But when they do, one thing should be universal.

When a consumer believes there’s an error, they deserve clear guidance on how disputes work and a real reinvestigation process that follows the FCRA, before an employer takes adverse action.

So we walked them through how the process is supposed to work from an applicant’s perspective. We suggested they try the screening company again, contact the employer and explain what was going on, and ask the employer to call us if they wanted to talk through it from the employer side.

I assumed that would be the end of it. The next morning, the employer called. After about a 30-minute conversation, they became a new client.

We re-ran the screen on the applicant who originally reached out. And sure enough, we found hundreds of records tied to the same name. That’s a very common issue. But when we did the work to validate each “hit,” none of the serious records belonged to this person. The only matches were a couple minor traffic tickets.

They got the job.

That’s what compassion and accuracy look like to us at EDIFY. Not cutting corners, not leaving people stuck, not treating someone’s life like a line item in a report, and putting in the time and effort to get it right.

If you’re an SMB, in HR or hiring, what’s your biggest frustration with screening disputes or adverse action steps?

Blessings,
Chas

04/22/2020

PRESS RELEASE:

April 22nd, 2020: Greensboro, NC based EDIFY Background Screening, in response to the COVID-19 crisis, announces the release of their newly developed “eClipse AMC” remote background screening platform for small businesses and non-profits. “We want to provide an affordable, quick, and secure me...

12/16/2018

Ensuring a good fit is paramount to getting past the 1st year with a new employee.

More U.S. workers are quitting their jobs than at any time since the numbers have been recorded. But why?