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Employer Use of Social Media as a Screening Tool Increased

HRWatchdog

Sixty percent of employers surveyed by CareerBuilder use these sites to screen candidates, a significant increase from 52 percent last year and only 11 percent in 2006 when this survey was first conducted. Be careful when using social media to screen job candidates. Poor communication skills — 29 percent. Not a member?

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Will 9th Circuit Court Decision Influence Background Check Seven-Year Reporting Rule?

Cisive

The seven-year rule is standard in human resources as part of most background check screening processes. It’s also been a rule that most HR leaders are familiar with in that it has been part of the hiring and screening process for most HR leaders and employers for nearly 20 years.

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Hiring? Social Media Content Is Often a Deal Breaker

HRWatchdog

The survey found that 70 percent of employers use social networking sites to research job candidates — a statistic which has increased sevenfold since the survey was first conducted in 2006. Had an unprofessional screen name: 22 percent. Shared confidential information from previous employers: 20 percent. 31 percent.

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Conference Twitter Primer #SHRM18

Advos

Deployed to Iraq in 2006, shot in the head by a sniper. esrcheck : Employment Screening Resources (ESR) is a nationwide background check company accredited by The National Association of Professional Background Screeners. RobBoonin : Employment Law Attorney for Management. AllisonWestEsq : All about employment law.

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Three Companies, Three Disability-Related Charges from the EEOC

HR Daily Advisor

On July 27, 2018, a federal judge in Kansas ruled that UPS Ground Freight violated federal law by having a policy, contained in its current union contract with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, of paying its disabled drivers only 90% of what nondisabled drivers earn when they temporarily move to nondriving jobs.

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