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• 4 Key Criteria for Evaluating an Applicant’s Criminal History
• The Value of a Quality Employment Background Check
• Do Employment Credit Checks Deserve the Bad Rap?
• EEOC and FTC Publish Guides on Using Employment Background Checks
• Frequently Asked Questions about Background Checks
• 6 Great Reasons to Background Check Your Employees
• A How-To for Individualized Assessments
• Alabama Joins States Regulating Use of Criminal Records
• Words to the Wise about Social Media Background Checks for Employment
• Rhode Island Says ‘Hands Off’ those Social Media Passwords
• Getting County and Local Criminal Background Searches Right
• Avoiding the Perils of Social Media Employment “Checks”
• Status Report: “Ban the Box” and the Challenge for Employers
• 5 Tips for Using Criminal History in the Hiring Process
• How to Choose the Right Background Screening System
• How to Use Arrest and Conviction Records When Hiring Employees
• Liar, Liar…Why People Lie on Resumes
• How to Avoid Being Duped by Your Job Candidates
• If They Don’t Belong Behind the Wheel, Do They Belong in Your Workforce?
• 4 Ways to Stay Out of the FCRA Line of Fire
• How NOT to Background Check Your Employee
• Hiring Shortcuts that Can Cost More than They Save
• Hiring for the Holidays? Don’t Neglect the Background Checks
• Publix Settles in its FCRA Class Action Case
• So, You Think Background Checks Are Protecting Your Company?
• Tips for Background Screening Your “Risky” Drivers
• Top 10 Employment Screening Articles from 2014
• FCRA Class Action Lawsuits: Something to Watch in 2015
• What Exactly Is “Ban the Box” Anyway?
• Background Screening Your Next Manager: What to Look For
• Background Checking Your CXO: What to Look For
• Some Things Google Can Teach Us About Hiring
• What We Know About People Who Lie on a Resume
• The Critical Role of a Role-Related Risk Assessment in Employment Screening
• 5 Facts You Can’t Ignore About Hiring Good People
• 3 Tips from Thought Leaders: How to Hire the Right People
• What Your Employment Screening Process Says About Your Company
• 2 Keys to a Reliable Employee Background Check
• [Infographic] Your Hiring Process: Tips to Bring the Right People On Board
• 4 Cs of Good Hiring
• How to Background Check a Chief Officer
• No Harm, No Foul? Not Necessarily When it Comes to Background Screening
• NYC Extends ‘Ban the Box’ to Private Businesses
• Hiring the Right People [Slideshow]
• How to Hire the Right People with Background Screening [Infographic]
• How to Hire a Felon and Beat Your Competition with Human Capital
• Follow the Numbers: Ex-Offenders Will Very Likely Be in Your Workforce
• To Hire an Ex-Offender or Not: Evaluating Your Risks
• The ‘Employer’s Dilemma’ Ends in Settlement for BMW
• Are Insurance Companies Undermining the Fair Hiring of Ex-Offenders?
• NYC Offers Employer Guidance (and Threatens Stiff Fines) on the Use of Credit History in Employment Decisions
• Public Policy to Employer: Hire More Ex-Offenders
• Would More Jobs for Ex-Offenders Reduce Recidivism?
• How to Manage the Risk of Hiring Ex-Offenders [Slideshow]
• Balancing the Risks of Background Checks in Hiring [Infographic]
• [Infographic] Coping with the Reality of Ex-Offenders in Your Workforce
• Top 10 Employment Screening Articles from 2015
• H.R.3470 Fair Chance Act Continues its March through Congress
• NAPBS Accredited Background Screening Agency: Why It Matters
• 6 Ways to Improve Your Hiring Process in 2016
• 15 Dos and Don’ts for Effective and Compliant Employment Screening
• 5 Eye-Opening Facts to Drive Your Background Screening Efforts
• How the Legalization of Marijuana Affects Your Drug Screening Policy
• Can a Background Check Predict the Future?
• Employee Drug Testing: What to Know When You Need to Know
• Hiring a College Grad? What to Look for in a Background Check
• Hiring without the ‘Box’: What it Means for You and Your Candidates [E-book]
• Update on Ban the Box Laws: A Growing Movement
• Philadelphia Limits the Use of Credit History in Hiring Decisions
• [Infographic] So, You’re Getting Background Checked? What You Need to Know
• How to Explain Employment Screening to Your Job Candidates [Infographic]
• 5 Things Every Hiring Manager Should Know About Background Checks
• How (Good) Employers REALLY Use Background Screening
• The Vital Role of Employment Screening in Human Capital Risk Management
• 10 Resume Red Flags Employers Should Investigate
• How Long Should a Background Check Really Take?
• Skipping the Background Check? Here’s Why You Shouldn’t
• What Does Dismissal of the Lyft Class Action Suit Mean for You?
• [SlideShare] How to Avoid the Sting of Unknown Risks
• Top 10 Background Screening Articles from 2016
• 4 Tips for a 'Millennial-Ready' Screening Process
• [SlideShare] 6 Tips for Screening and Hiring Drivers
• Hiring in the 'Gig' Economy: Background Screening Implications
• [Infographic] The Truck Driver Shortage - Fact Sheet for Hiring Managers
• Screening Your Drivers: Managing the 2 Faces of Risk [SlideShare]
• [Infographic] OTR Driver Background Checks - Going Beyond Compliance
• Reputation Management: How Background Screening Plays a Role
• Getting Started with Continuous Employment Screening
• [SlideShare] The Candidate Experience: What Helps? What Hurts?
• Human Resources’ Top Questions About Employment Screening Answered
• Why a Candidate’s Experience Matters [SlideShare]
• Ruling Protects Employers from FCRA Privacy Right Violation Claims
• Big Data and Employment Screening: Promising and Scary
• The Truth About Employment Screening and How to Do It Right [Free Guide]
• How to Choose the Right Employment Screening Services for the Job
• 6 Tests Your Employment Screening Program Must Pass
• How to Train Your HR Team on Background Screening
• 4 Trends Impacting Your Employment Screening Process
• [SlideShare] How to Evaluate the Results of a Background Check
• How to Perform a Role-Related Risk Assessment
• What’s behind the 12-year “High” in Drug Positivity Rates?
• Employee Background Checks: Balancing Fairness and Fitness
• 4 Ways to Protect Your Company from Common Background Screening Pitfalls
• When, Why, and How to Check Your Job Applicant’s Credit History
• How Resume Lying Impacts Your Hiring Results [Infographic]
• What You Should Know About the DOT Expansion of Drug Testing Panel
• Top 7 Employment Screening Articles from 2017
• How to Avoid Being Duped by Resume Lying [Infographic]
• How the Narrowing of Job Application Questions Impacts Your Hiring
• Workin’ at the Car Wash Blues
• A Practical Guide to Doing Adverse Action Right
• How to Explain FCRA Adverse Action to Your Applicants
• 10 FCRA Adverse Action Dos and Don’ts
• 5 Questions to Test Your FCRA Adverse Action Smarts
• The Case for Re-Screening Employees
• What the Law Says About Adverse Action
• 3 Key Aspects of the EEOC Adverse Action Guidelines
• 11 Facts that Should Impact Your Employment Screening Practices
• How to Adapt Your Screening Processes to the Growing Contingent Workforce
• How the Opioid Crisis is Impacting Employee Drug Screening
• The Millennial Churn: What It Means for Employers
• When Should Employers Use a National Criminal Database Search?
• Should You Check Your Employees' Federal Criminal Record Backgrounds?
• Can Background Screening Help Reduce Hidden Biases in Your Hiring Process?
• 4 Ways Pre-Employment Screening Generates Value for Your Company
• Do Background Checks Actually Stop Fraud?
• How to Avoid Being Taken Down by the FCRA Class Action Litigation Wave
• Mitigating the Sting of a Fake Degree
• 9 HR Trends That Will Define Your Hiring Process [Whitepaper]
• HR Trends Series: HR Takes a Seat at the Risk Table
• HR Trends Series: Workplace Violence and the Increase of Active Shooters
• HR Trends Series: Ban the Box is Sweeping the Nation
• HR Trends Series: Individualized Assessments in Criminal Background Checks
• 9 Hot Topics in HR for 2019 [Infographic]
• Top 8 of 2018 From the Employment Screening Blog
• [Slideshow] 9 Burning Issues for HR in 2019
• Employment Screening FAQ Series: "What Rights Do My Applicants Have?”
• Employment Screening FAQ Series: Can We Run Background Checks on Independent Contractors?
• Employment Screening FAQ Series: Do We Have to Follow FCRA Guidelines?
• Employment Screening FAQ Series: Can We Consider Arrest Records in Hiring Decisions?
• Employment Screening FAQ Series: Can’t I Just Google Them?
• Employment Screening FAQ Series: What’s Taking So Long?
• The What’s What of Criminal Records [Infographic]
• Checking Employee Criminal Records? How Far Should You Go?
• What's Behind the Cost of a County Criminal Records Check?
• Employment Screening FAQ Series: “Why Should We Background Check Our Employees?”
• The Employment Screening Trifecta [Slideshow]
• 5 Situations Where You Should Have Had a Better Background Check
• Dos and Dont’s of FCRA Disclosures in Employee Screening
• How Well Do You Understand How to Use Criminal Records for Employment Screening?
• Navigating the Criminal Records Landscape
• How to Hire a Felon
• Which National Criminal Database are You Referring to?
• Clean Today, But What About Tomorrow? The Case for Re-Screening
• The Employer’s Dilemma: Job Applicants with Criminal Records [Infographic]
• FTC to Employers: The FCRA Covers Employment Screening
• Kaplan 2, EEOC 0
• Social Media Background Checks: a Pandora’s Box
• Is Background Screening Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place?
• Lying on a Resume: What’s the Truth About Your Candidate?
• Ban the Box Momentum Claims San Francisco
• Background Checks: Not Just Another To-Do Item
• Your Candidate Has a Criminal Record. Now What?
• The Days of Raw Criminal Database Reporting Are Waning
• The “Triple Threat” Has New Meaning for Your Background Screening Program
• Key Takeaways from the New EEOC Guidance on Employment Criminal Records
• In Employment Screening, It’s Survival of the Fittest
• Shock and Awe Over EEOC’s Updated Guidance on Employment Criminal Records
• Today’s EEOC Meeting to Discuss Regulations on Criminal Records Checks
• NCLC Report Says Errors by Criminal Background Check Providers Harm Workers and Businesses
• In Negligent Hiring and Retention it’s About What You Knew, Or Should Have Known
• You Don’t Have to Get IT to Get This…
• In Background Screening, Treat Contingent Workers and Employees Equal
• Can Your Background Screening Program Pass These 6 Tests?
• Test Your FCRA Knowledge for Employment Screening
• Would Background Screening Have Prevented the Hepatitis C Tragedy?
• Are Credit Checks On the Way Out of the Hiring Process?
• Employment Background Checks and Recidivism: Is there a connection?
• The Rising Independent Workforce and Its Impact on Your Employment Screening Program
• [SLIDESHOW] The Triple Threat to Your Employment Background Screening Program
• Do the People Running Your Background Screening Program Know Enough?
• Attention Indiana Employers: New Law Restricts Criminal Background Checks
• Employment Screening as a Risk Management Strategy
• Onboard Like a Rock Star with Integrated Talent Acquisition Management
• Employment Screening and a Culture of Complacency
• What’s Not to “Like” About Social Media Background Checks?
• What’s a High School Diploma Worth, Anyway?
• Once Again, Quality Employment Screening Beats Saving a Dollar
• Background Screening or Finger Crossing: Which Should You Rely On?
• EEOC Letter to Peace Corps Offers Insight on Employment Criminal Records
• Give Your Background Screening Process a Sniff Check
• InsideCounsel Reports on Hot Topics in Pre-Employment Screening
• Texas State Criminal Records Prove Why Employment Screening Databases Are Suspect
• When It Comes to Employment Screening, Don’t Neglect the Federal Records
• Does the Use of Employment Criminal Records Actually Reduce Discriminatory Hiring?
• Top 10 Employment Screening Articles of 2011
• Hire the Right People and You Win
• EEOC Sends Shivers up the Spine with Its 2012-2016 Strategic Plan
• [INFOGRAPHIC] The Case for Pre-Employment Background Checks
• Mobile Background Screening Apps May Violate FCRA, Warns the FTC
• As if We Need Another Reason for Employment Background Checks…
• Domino’s Pizza and Capital One Taking Heat from Alleged FCRA Violations
• It Ain’t Over ‘Til the Church Lady Steals a Million Dollars
• Can Your Employment Screening Program Survive a Hiring Frenzy?
• Pepsi is Latest to Face EEOC’s Aggressive Stance on Employment Criminal Records
• Need Help Evaluating and Selecting a Background Screening Company?
• A Social Media Search by Any Other Name… Is Still a Background Check
• 5 HR Resolutions for 2014
• The Hidden Impact of ‘Disparate Impact’
• [Infographic] 5 Key Areas of Human Capital Risk
• The Takeaway for Employers from JB Hunt’s EEOC Settlement
• EEOC Sues for “Disparate Impact” Discrimination in Companies’ Use of Criminal Background Checks
• The Why, What, and When of Individualized Assessments
• Colorado Bans Consumer Credit Information for Employment Decisions
• Target Corporation Subject of EEOC Complaints Regarding Use of Criminal Background Checks
• The Real Impact of Employment Credit Reports is Not What You Think
• What’s Behind the Failure to Screen Temporary Workers?
• Court Rules Against EEOC in ‘Disparate Impact’ Case
• Study Finds Retail Employee Theft on the Rise
• Elements of a Comprehensive Background Check [Infographic]
• Employment Screening and the Role of Fairness
• Naughty or Nice? NAPBS Advises Background Screening for Holiday Hires
• Texas Sues EEOC Over Criminal Background Check Guidance
• The Employment Screening Process: A Bird’s Eye View [Infographic]
• Target Corporation Bans the Box. Should Your Organization?
• Patterns in EEOC Litigation: Guidance for HR?
• EEOC Defends Guidance on Use of Criminal Records in Hiring
• Navy Yard Tragedy Underscores Background Screening Necessity
• In Other Non-News, 5% of Employment Credit Reports Have Errors
• Despite Rumors, Employment Credit Reports Still Not Prohibited by Federal Law
• 3 Questions that Can Keep Your Background Screening Practices off the Front Page
• One in Four Adults Would “Fail” a Criminal Record Check: A Lesson for Employers
• Here’s News that Job Seekers with Criminal Records Can Feel Good About
• A Dollar for Your Thoughts on Criminal Background Checks
• Proving the ROI of Background Screening
• What Happens When an Employee Commits Another Crime?
• 8 Steps Away from a Best Practices Employment Screening Program
• The EEOC and a Case of Do As I Say, Not As I Do
• 2 Concerning Employment Screening Practices
• The Long-Term Unemployed and a Case of Catch-22
• Setting the Record Straight
• What You Need to Know about the FTC’s Latest Settlement of FCRA Charges
• The Positive Side of a Negative Reference Check
• 3 Good Reasons to Revisit Your Employment Screening Practices
• Managing the Risks of an Extended Workforce [Infographic]
• Has the Santa Claus in Your Town Been Naughty or Nice?
• The Light Shines Brightly on Employers’ Hiring Mistakes
• Out with the Old, In with the New FCRA Forms
• NAPBS Releases 5 Tips for Employment Screening in 2013
• Background Screening Companies Are Being Scrutinized
• Trust, but Verify. Even in the C-Suite.
• Integrate Employment Screening into Your Talent Acquisition Process
• Employment Eligibility Verification: What You Need to Know
• Introducing Our Interactive Background Screening Program Builder
• Employment Screening Terminology (a.k.a. “How to Impress the Boss”)
• Your Prospective Employee Has a Criminal Record. (Now What?)
• Address Your Risks with Employee Screening
• Where Do You Stand on Employment Background Checks?
• Evaluating Human Capital Risk for Employment Screening
• Employee Background Checks: Now more than ever.
• Does Resume Lying Affect Your Organization? You Betcha.
• Do your policies support fair employment for workers with criminal records?
• Is Now the Time to Upgrade Your Workforce with Employment Background Checks?
• What Has Become of Employment Reference Checks?
• Free Webinar – Employment Verifications and Reference Checks: “There Must Be a Better Way”
• The Background Credit Check Under Fire: Fair or Not?
• Background Checks for School Volunteers: Necessary or Not?
• The True Cost of Employee Turnover
• Job Market Trends Underscore Reasons for Employment Screening
• Supreme Court Weighs Challenge to Background Checks
• California SB 909 Requires Consent to Send Personal Information Offshore
• Employee Background Checks for Small Business
• How to Take Action on an Employee Background Check
• How to Select a Background Screening Company
• Watch the Clock in Adverse Action for Employment
• How to Conduct an Employment Background Check
• 4 Components of a Solid Employment Screening Policy
• Reduce the Likelihood of a Negligent Hiring Claim with Employment Criminal Background Checks
• Background Screening: Commodity or Strategy?
• Should You Use Social Media to Investigate a Job Applicant?
• 80% of U.S. Corporations Rely on Employment Background Screening. Do you know why?
• EEOC Focus on Criminal Background Checks Underscores Importance of a Holistic Approach
• 5 Essentials of Pre Employment Background Screening
• What Every Employer Should Know about a Criminal Records Search
• Use Employee Criminal Background Checks Wisely
• Here’s a Handy List of Pre Employment Screening Services
• Where is the “Why?” in Your Employment Background Screening Program?
• Mitigate Human Capital Risk with Pre-Employment Background Screening
• Check Your Employee's Right to Work with E-Verify I-9 Verification
• Understanding Criminal Background Checks for Employment
• 4 Things Employers Should Know about Employment Verifications
• Recent Scrutiny of Employment Background Screening: Unfair or Legitimate?
• Are National Criminal Background Checks Enough?
• Considering Employee Criminal Background Checks? Ask Yourself this Question.
• The Importance of Employment Screening and Background Checks
• Following FCRA Regulations is Smart for Employers
• Would Simon Cowell Show’s Background Check Decision Hold Up in Court?
• California Bill Seeks to Ban Use of Pre-Employment Credit Checks
• Is it Really That Hard to Ask Permission for Pre-Employment Screening?
• 12 Dos and Don’ts of Pre Employment Screening
• The Rationale for Pre-Employment Drug Screening and Random Drug Testing
• Philadelphia to Enact “Ban the Box” Law for Employment Applications
• 4 (so called) Truths You Don't Want Pre-Employment Screening to Uncover
• Do Employment Background Checks Take More Effort Than They’re Worth?
• Alleged Rapist Passed the School District’s Criminal Background Check
• NELP Report Claims Widespread Abuse of Employment Criminal Background Checks
• What to Think of a Registry for Murderers
• Illinois Senate Addresses Employment Background Checks for Group Home Workers
• SHRM Survey Finds HR Avoids the Use of Social Media and Search Engines for Employment Screening
• Employment Background Checks Gone Wrong
• Doing Nothing May Be Better than Doing it On the Cheap
• You Might Want to Fire Your Background Screening Company
• “Unemployed Workers Need Not Apply.” Where’s the Logic in That Talent Acquisition Strategy?
• EEOC Examines Arrest and Conviction Records as a Hiring Barrier
• Who’s Background Screening Your Independent Contractors?
• EEOC to Discuss Use of Criminal Records in Employment Screening
• Background Checks or Checking the Box: What’s Really Going On?
• Background Screening and the Revised EEOC ADA Regulations: What You Need to Know
• Would You Hire Someone without Looking Under the Hood?
• United Airlines Pilot Grounded for Posing as Cardiologist
• How to Run Background Checks on Your Employees
• WikiLeaks the Subject of Background Checks for State Department Employees
• D.C. Parks and Rec. Fails to Perform Background Checks?
• Free Webinar December 15, 2010 – Employment Verifications: “There Must Be a Better Way”
• University of Miami Accused of Racial Discrimination for Rejecting Job Applicants Based on Employment Credit Checks
• Age Discrimination: A Growing Concern
• How Does Your Organization Handle Unemployed Workers?
• Law Enforcement Agencies Turning to Social Media Investigations
• Employment Verifications and Reference Checks: Finally, there IS a better way.
• From Virtual Job Interviews to Online Reference Checks, Hiring Hits the Web
• Extensive Background Checks Necessary for Positions of Extreme Trust and Influence
• Employment Background Checks without Permission? Tisk-Tisk.
• Proactive Background Screening or Face the Media Onslaught? You choose.
• Inspector General Releases Report, “Nursing Facilities’ Employment of Individuals with Criminal Convictions"
• Negligent Hiring or Negligent Retention: Is there really a difference?
• The Chipotle ICE Flap and a World of Imperfect Solutions for Everyone
• What Does the Supreme Court ruling in NASA v Nelson Say About Employment Background Checks?
• Introducing Our New Fleet Management System: Fleet Alert®
• Does Your Background Screening Company Offshore Personally Identifiable Information?
• How to Evaluate Emerging Offerings in Reference Checking