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How Can the Improper Use of Background Checks Could Get You Sued?

Crimcheck | Pre-Employment & Background Check Information

The company was accused of wrongly using background checks when making hiring decisions. The fact which captivated the staffing industry was the allegation that Amazon’s staffing company, Staff Management Solutions , was to “blame” for the lawsuit. When the background check returned a criminal record, the company fired him.

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What is blind recruitment – and does it work?

cipHR

Is it actually an effective tool? Candidates’ names, for example, may give signals about their socio-economic background, ethnicity and immigration status that might influence a hiring manager’s decision about whether or not to progress their application. And how can you introduce it to your organisation?

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Dr. Hang Dinh of ExtentWorld: “Don’t focus on age”

Thrive Global

Unfortunately, it is rare to find women founders in the engineering and technology section. Also, without a technical background it is so much more difficult to receive funding from venture capital if you are leading a tech startup. He stopped using social media and had the idea of building a new social media platform.

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Art Cooksey of Let’s Talk Interactive: “Cash does not always flow freely and easily”

Thrive Global

As a part of our series about cutting edge technological breakthroughs, I had the pleasure of interviewing Art Cooksey. The platform is having a major impact in the Florida Panhandle region. This forced us to develop our own internal products and solutions to service our current and new customers?—?essentially

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Staffing Companies Beware: Improper Use Of Background Checks Could Get You Sued

Crimcheck | Pre-Employment & Background Check Information

The company was accused of wrongly using background checks when making hiring decisions. The fact which captivated the staffing industry was the allegation that Amazon’s staffing company, Staff Management Solutions , was to “blame” for the lawsuit. When the background check returned a criminal record, the company fired him.

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RLM Founder Farissa Knox: The Importance Of Women Using Their Voice & Becoming More Persistent

Thrive Global

in Communications from Christopher Newport University in Newport News, VA in 2003. Tell us a bit about your background and what made you choose your career? When do we say the converse, that a system or structure has ‘withstood the test of time’? Farissa received her B.A. I was born and raised in the Bronx.

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Embrace Talent Diversity in Your Sourcing Strategy

Entelo

As we see time and time again, diversity and its advancement are goals without easy solutions. Modern computing and social networks give us more information than ever before about a person’s background – including gender, ethnicity, veteran status, etc. That’s huge! One word: data.