Type Of Business:
Employment screening company
Expertise:
Assist employers and guiding them in the hiring process and the background screening process to help deliver them to their end result
Major Product/SVS:
Providing criminal checks; Employment credit; MVR reports; D.O.T previous drug and employment verifications; Social security number; Tenant screening; Drug testing; Licensing; Sex offenders
Hobbies/Sports:
Train animals; Vocalist; Piano player; Golf
Throughout the duration of your career, what was the one highlight that stood out the most?:
The days when she was working almost full time days. She had so many investment companies that her daughter and she did not have to rely on anyone. The work was hard and engaging but she loved it. Then the banks came and bought out the investment firms and she lost most of her work. But she is still going and the way she can explain that being a very small company with all these huge background company's around now is, that she runs accurate background checks by using the court systems not database and she dots all her i's and cross all her t's. She do not just pass information as most other company's do and charges $7.
Charity:
Local Church; Cancer Benefits, Diabetes Association; Cancer Association
Number Of Years In Profession:
15
Number Of Years In Current Position:
15
What Does He/She Attribute Success To:
She attributes her success to her integrity which has led to all of her word-of mouth referrals.
Why did you become involved in your profession or industry?:
She became involved in her profession after moving from New York to California she tried to become a police officer. Wanting to balance good and bad somehow in the world then realizing that being a type one diabetic she could not get to where she wanted to be in the force she fell upon an opening as a chief administrator of a background screening company, and she just loved it. She soaked up information and learned everything she could, she ran the company pretty much on her own handling PG and E, waste management and many others on her own and getting underpaid and overworked.
Extended Bio Profile:
Ms. Fastenau manages another company, called Angel of Guardian, which does background checks on nannies.
The company is named in the San Diego Parent Magazine along with its Client "Loving Nannies" as an honorable business in San Diego County.
Where Will You Be In 5 Years:
In five years, Ms. Fastenau hopes to own and manage a small office with three or more employees.