What happens when a background check on an applicant or employee uncovers something that would negatively impact that person’s employment? Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), an employer must take specific steps before and after you can take an ‘adverse action’ based on the report. Let’s back up and look at two key definitions:… Read more »
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 a candidate’s application is truthful, that they are qualified for the position, and serves as a key measure of… Read more »
Understanding the Factors That Drive Accuracy, Turnaround Time, and Cost As an employer, you use background checks to improve the quality of your employment decisions and help ensure you’re hiring the most qualified, responsible candidates for available positions. It’s a given that you want to partner with a background screening provider that produces accurate results,… Read more »
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 they feel so confident in their hiring decision or out of fear that the delay might cause them to lose… Read more »
Employers universally turn to background screening to inform their hiring decisions and meet their compliance obligations. In fact, a recent HR.com survey found 96% of employers conduct at least one type of pre-employment check. Screening runs the gamut from education and professional license verification, to drug testing, and DMV records checks. Among the most frequently… Read more »
As a background screening company, we field a wide range of questions from employers concerning their use of background checks in the hiring and retention of employees. Today we announce the start of a new series spotlighting some of our most frequently-asked questions and hopefully give you some information you can use to make better… Read more »
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 movement that has taken a strong hold in the form of “Fair Chance” laws across an increasing number of states… Read more »
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 impacts of internationally integrated economic systems are still rapidly evolving (and currently in a retrograde direction in some jurisdictions)…. Read more »
You’re about to make a hire. So far, the candidate checks out on paper and in person, but you have yet to perform a formal background check. Is the final background screening really necessary? Screening candidates is an extra step in the hiring process, yet it proves to be an important one in getting the… Read more »
It is assumed that hiring decisions are based solely on the professional skills and qualifications of each applicant. In practice, however, our decisions can be influenced by many other factors that we may not even be aware of. Hidden biases can be particularly dangerous in the hiring process as they may cause you to inadvertently… Read more »
