12th August 2009
Employers that hire high volumes of employees, whether they are temporary, seasonal, or the particular industry just has a high rate of turnover, have a special place of risk when it comes to safe hiring.
On one hand, they know that if they don’t tak...
27th July 2009
Employers that hire many seasonal and temporary workers, as well as large companies that mass-hire many employees, are at a special kind of risk when it comes to safe hiring practices.
On one hand, they know that if they don’t take measures to condu...
24th July 2009
Three major problems exist with employment applications asking about criminal histories. They are either too narrow, too broad, or too ambiguous.
Too Narrow
An example of a question that is too narrow is to only ask about felonies. Many standard ...
24th July 2009
Compensation for injuries on the job can be a huge financial burden to employers. Thus, it is reasonable to assume that fraudulent worker's compensation claims should be avoided at all costs - at least, every measure should be taken to prevent them.
B...
18th July 2009
Background screening can create an uneasy feeling for applicants; that they are mistrusted from the start, or that Big Brother is watching. Yet, the positives of this practice - which is absolutely integral to today's business, where safe hiring is essen...
12th June 2009
On October 13, 2008, ABC News released a story discussing the literally dozens of lawsuits in the past two years over faulty background checks. These suits, alleging that background checks have been conducted inacurrately, unanimously argue that such pra...
12th June 2009
Hiring someone based only on the information that appears on their resume can be a dangerous practice for businesses. Without performing an extensive background check, there is no way to determine if that information is true or false.
Employers need th...
20th May 2009
Employers have long recognized that conducting due diligence on new hires is a mission critical task. Firms cannot afford to be sidetracked by employee problems such as workplace violence, theft, false resumes, embezzlement, harassment or trumped-up injur...
12th May 2009
…May Be Hazardous to Your Business
By Les Rosen
Employment Screening Resources http://www.esrcheck.com
Employers and recruiters have uncovered what appears to be a treasure trove of applicant information on the internet. By searching the internet...
05th May 2009
In corporate America, pre-employment background checks of new hires have become a standard risk-management tool. It is no longer a matter of whether a firm should screen applicants, but how to accomplish it. A 2004 study released by the Society for Human ...
15th April 2009
Although statistics vary widely, there is widespread agreement that a substantial number of resumes belong in the “fiction” section of the bookstore. The rate of fraud can be as high as 40% and higher according to different sources. Applicants certain...
05th February 2009
Employment Screening Resources (ESR), a leading national employment screening background firm, released its "Second Annual Top Ten Trends in the Pre-Employment Background Screening Industry" for 2009 today. Although issues from 2008 remain on the list, th...
