Behind the Screens: Conversations with Background Screening Pros hosted by Les Rosen

About Behind the Screens: Conversations with Background Screening Pros hosted by Les Rosen

"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: screeningpros200@gmail.com Platinum Sponsor: https://preemploymentdirectory.com/ , publisher of the Background Buzz!

Publisher

Les Rosen

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 Nov 2024

Latest episode

19 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

81 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   19 Oct 2026

   Episode 77: Industry Boosters: Joe Dardano and John Lawrence on Earning Your Place in Background Screening

   Send us Fan Mail 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 ...

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   5 Oct 2026

   Episode 96: Nina French on 30 Years in Drug Testing, Why the Industry Loses Sight of Its Mission, and How to Build a Career That Lasts

   Send us Fan Mail Nina French is the founder of Inflection Point, a consulting practice focused on product development, innovation, and the future of human capital management. With a career spanning more than three decades, she built her expertise from the ground up at one of the first medical review offices in the country, grew with the company through its evolution into First Advantage, and has spent the years since consulting with startups, advising large enterprise clients, and doing exper...

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   21 Sept 2026

   Episode 75: Be Kind, Stay Curious, and Never Stop Growing: Bon Idziak's 28 Years of Hard-Won Lessons in Background Screening

   Send us Fan Mail Bon Idziak has 28 years in the background screening industry spanning CIC, First Advantage, Applicant Insight, Checkr, and Accurate Background. He served five years as chair of PBSA's Government Relations Committee, sat on the PBSA Board of Directors, and has represented the industry in meetings with the Department of Justice, the FTC, the CFPB, the EEOC, and federal and state lawmakers. He recently launched Symphonix, a global screening enablement software platform, and also...

Who has been a guest on Behind the Screens: Conversations with Background Screening Pros hosted by Les Rosen

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Dawn Standerwick
• Kathleen Nottingham
• Larry White
• Rebecca Kuehn
• Larry Henry

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

10,195

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 55 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

66

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

32

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