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The Rise of Social Media Screening in a Changing Hiring Process

Sterling Check

We sat down with Ken Schnee and Ben Mones to discuss the impact of social media on the hiring process and trends effecting the screening world. Ben is the CEO and Co-founder of Fama , the world’s largest social media screening company and leader in the application of artificial intelligence technology in background screening services.

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5 Examples of Racial Bias in Hiring

Ongig

They include racial bias in job descriptions, candidate screening, interviewing, job offers, and background checks. The Global Language Monitor named this “the most politically incorrect term” of all of 2004. Racial Bias in Candidate Screening. Racial Discrimination in Job Interviews. Let’s have a look!

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Marijuana Laws Are Changing: Here’s What to Consider for Your Workplace

Sterling Check

Workplace drug testing positivity rate is at its highest levels since 2004, and the positivity rate for marijuana has increased nearly 17% since 2014, and nearly 24% for federally-mandated drug testing. If you have questions or want to get in touch with our Drug and Health Screening experts, contact us today! Sources: [link].

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5 Legal Lessons to Consider When Handling Millennial Background Checks

TLNT: The Business of HR

As the largest generational group in the job pool (depending on your source, people born 1980-2004 ), they’re a hot commodity. Hiring this growing generation of workers introduces a whole new set of legal challenges to the HR department, and the background screening process is one of those challenges.

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Is addiction a disability under the ADA?

Business Management Daily

Instead, it encourages courts to focus on whether employers have “complied with their obligations and whether discrimination has occurred. Supreme Court considered whether a former addict was entitled to a second chance: an opportunity to be rehired in 2004. What are reasonable accommodations under the ADA?

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Secrets And Lies: 5 Ways To Free Your Hiring Bias

TalentCulture

They’re routinely considered “too short” to be leaders in the C-suite, as shown in a study from 2004 that turned into a long-lasting benchmark on implicit bias. It is undoubtedly part of our own set of unconscious bias that certain instances of discrimination infuriate us to the point of deciding the offender must be guilty.