Episode 70: The Veterans Panel: Matt O'Connor, Wanda Hess & Rory Bogdon

Send us Fan MailI've been lucky enough to talk to a lot of impressive people on this podcast, but this one was a little different. These three didn't just work in background screening. They built the backbone of it, and they're still at it.Matt O'Connor, Wanda Hess, and Rory Bogdon have a combined career span that stretches across fax clerks and help wanted ads, through the ChoicePoint and Sterling acquisition waves, into the wholesale world, and all the way to PBSA's government relations desk. In this episode, the three of them talk about what's really changed in the industry, what keeps them here after all these years, and the lessons that stuck with them from the beginning.Pro Conversation You Don't Want to Miss!Wanda's 28-year career in a single thread: fax clerk to CEO, including the pivot to sales she almost didn't take and the gut-call that led her to start Iprotech ScreeningMatt's take on the biggest shift in the industry: the flip from human-led research supported by technology to technology-led operations supported by humansRory's most practical career lesson: bad news doesn't age well, and it goes double if it's your faultWanda's argument that AI in background screening needs a human checkpoint, because no two clerks do it the same and court records are full of misspellings that only a person can catchWhy all three are still in this industry after 30-plus years: it's never boring, you never stop learning, and the people are, frankly, some of the best aroundSubscribe wherever you get your podcasts so you never miss a conversation. Thanks to our sponsor, PreemploymentDirectory.com, publisher of Background Buzz and numerous other resources. And a special thanks to W. Barry NixonConnect with US:Les Rosen- https://www.linkedin.com/in/lesterrosen/Subscribe to our YouTube Channel- https://www.youtube.com/@BehindtheSCreens200