Jessica always ordered statewide and county criminal records for her applicants before she made hiring decisions. Unfortunately, her most promising applicant for a current vacancy, Rick, had just moved to the area from a state where statewide criminal searches were unavailable. Jessica decided that she would order a county criminal search from Rick's previous county of residence and trust her instincts. When the county criminal search came back indicating that he had no criminal records, Jessica hired Rick and began training him for his new position. After a month of employment, Rick quit coming to work with no explanation. Jessica called his home and Rick's wife ashamedly informed her that Rick had been arrested recently for violating parole in their previous state of residence. If Jessica had ordered parole and probation records in place of the unavailable statewide search, she would have saved herself the time and trouble of training a worker who was unable to fulfill his employment responsibilities.