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Five Millennial Background Screening Challenges

TalentCulture

By the end of 2015, Millennials are expected to outnumber Baby Boomers in the workplace for the first time. They’re hot commodities, but hiring them creates background screening challenges. In particular, when screening Millennials, employers need to take into account not only what’s effective, but also what’s legal.

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Reporting vs Analytics in HR: 5 Things HR Leaders Need to Know

Paycor

Since 2015, there has been a 242% increase in HR and hiring professionals listing data analysis among their skills on LinkedIn. People Analytics, Workforce Analytics and HR Analytics have become buzzwords in HR and they all refer to the same thing—but what is that exactly and how does it differ from regular HR reporting?

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5 Legal Lessons to Consider When Handling Millennial Background Checks

TLNT: The Business of HR

By the end of 2015, Millennials are expected to outnumber Baby Boomers in the workplace for the first time ever. 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. Social media searches.

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4 Fair Chance Hiring Laws that Affect Job Descriptions

Ongig

And you may need to adjust current screening policies or job description writing to avoid hefty penalties related to breaches. An estimated 70 million people in the United States have some form of criminal history , whether a formal arrest or a conviction. These laws vary depending on the state where your company operates (or is based).

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New Jersey Amends Ban the Box Law to Include Expunged Criminal History

Sterling Check

The New Year brought many changes to laws that have an impact on the background screening industry from the legalization of recreational marijuana use in California to the enactment of ban the box laws in cities and states across the country. What are Ban the Box Laws? Current New Jersey Ban the Box Law.

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What is blind recruitment – and does it work?

cipHR

The idea is that removing such information makes it easier for hiring managers, recruiters and HR professionals to make objective decisions about a candidate’s skills, experience and suitability for a role, and to lessen the risk of bias (whether conscious or unconscious ) affecting the decision-making process.

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4 Labor and Employment Law Changes to Keep an Eye On In 2015

Insperity

Right now, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) —also known as health care reform—is probably your number one concern when it comes to complying with new government regulations in 2015. It should be. Under this act, most workers must receive overtime pay of at least 1.5 But this is very risky.