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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
- 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
