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When it comes to screening potential or current employees, it may be tempting to rely on quick and inexpensive national criminal background checks. Since national records can be gathered with an instant database search, …
READ MOREIs an employee’s past behavior the best predictor of their future?
Your answer to this question may determine the importance you place on the employee criminal background checks as a factor in your hiring decision. Regardless …
READ MOREThe risks of a bad hire can be significant. Yet still some business owners are willing to rely on “gut feel” in making hiring decisions. They fail to adequately conduct employment screening and …
READ MOREWhen you’ve been in the employment screening business as long as we have, it’s easy to forget that the services we offer might be a little confusing to some. "Why do I need a national …
READ MOREAvoid Bright Line Policies for Employee Criminal Background Checks
A bright line policy in regards to employee criminal background checks is a dangerous practice for any employer. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 …
An employment background check can help you verify and uncover qualities and past behaviors that can significantly affect an applicant’s job performance. Astoundingly, a recent CareerBuilder.com survey reported that nearly 60% of hiring managers have …
READ MORECreating a consistent, compliant, cost effective employment screening program is not easy but it would be nearly impossible without a well-designed employment screening policy. An employment screening policy offers necessary guidance throughout the organization …
READ MOREIf you’re an employer, it’s likely that you have a legal obligation to provide a safe and productive work environment for employees and those who will come in contact with your organization (i.e. your customers). …
READ MOREOn Tuesday, March 30, 2010 Michael Gaul, vice president of Proforma Screening, will be featured in a webinar sponsored by Talent+. The webinar will discuss the pitfalls of treating background screening as a commodity rather …
READ MOREIf you use social media websites, like Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, Twitter, and others, to learn more about a potential employee you’re certainly not alone – but is this a wise thing to do? Like …
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