Conducting background checks on a perspective employee is a crucial part of any hiring process. Employment screening can take anywhere from one to five … Read more
How Many Jobs Are Too Many?
In this day and age, with a “rent-an-employee” corporate mentality, many candidates have résumés with what some interpret as too many jobs. In fact, many … Read more
Pre-Hire Inquiries and Medical Exams: Don’t Do What This Employer Did
By Eric B. Meyer When the EEOC accuses your company of engaging in a “pattern or practice” of discrimination, it’s gonna be a tough year. In EEOC v. … Read more
Mistakes Employers Make When Conducting Background Checks
Running a background check on potential employees offers the chance to identify the best professionals in your industry. Unfortunately, it is possible to … Read more
What Happens When a Background Check Goes Terribly Wrong?
It’s a heartbreaking story. Every time a shooter like the alleged Charleston killer Dylann Roof becomes unhinged and takes innocent lives, we, as a nation, … Read more
4 Ways the Drug Screening Process Has Improved – For Employers AND Employees
onbRaise your hand if you remember having to give prospective employees a paper chain of custody form to conduct a drug test, locating the nearest … Read more
Management 101: The 3 Cardinal Rules of Reference Checks
I get calls on a regular basis to provide formal and informal references on people in my industry. First things first: Reference checks are not background … Read more
7 Great Questions to Ask an Applicant’s References
Verifying the information on a potential employee’s application or resume helps prevent or limit the risk of making a bad hire. By talking to an … Read more
5 Legal Lessons to Consider When Handling Millennial Background Checks
By the end of 2015, Millennials are expected to outnumber Baby Boomers in the workplace for the first time ever. As the largest generational group in the … Read more
Court Says: Credit Check Rules Do Not Apply to LinkedIn
A federal court recently decided that LinkedIn’s search technology does not make it a “consumer reporting agency” for purposes of applying the Fair Credit … Read more