There’s a reason that 96 percent of employers conduct at least one type of background check. It’s not only required in some cases, it’s just plain good business practice.
Background screening helps ensure hiring managers that …
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Background checks often serve as the final checkpoint in the hiring process. For managers who are eager to onboard a new employee, the background check step is one they might wish to skip, either because …
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The modern U.S. workforce consists of 15.5 million independent contractors, or contingent workers, who depend on this type of work as their primary source of income. If you add in part-time or occasional workers, that …
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It seems that hiring and retention are becoming more complex and critical every day. In turn, the job of HR is becoming more complex and critical. Consider the more than 180 federal laws enforced by …
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It’s that time of year! Once a year we look back at the information you, our readers, were most drawn to. This year’s “Top 8 of 2018” list reflects a wide range of topics, from …
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On April 25, 2012, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued revised enforcement guidelines on the use of criminal records in hiring decisions. In its guidance, the EEOC sets out to ensure that applicants’ exclusions …
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Ban the Box—the international civil rights movement aimed at persuading employers to remove the check box that asks if applicants have a criminal record from their hiring applications is more than a trend. It’s a …
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Consider these sobering facts about workplace violence:
OSHA reports there are about 2 million cases of workplace violence reported every year.
Homicide is the 3rd leading cause of workplace deaths among healthcare workers and professional …
The forces driving changes in Human Resources hiring and retention processes are more often mentioned than they are understood.
We speak so much about “globalization” that it seems we must understand it, but in fact the …
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An employee or prospective employee’s education claims are something every employer would rather just trust at face value. If they say they have a degree from ABC University, why would you question it? Why would …
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