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Answering the Top 5 Questions Your Talent Has About Background Checks

InfoMart

Answering the Top 5 Questions Your Talent Has About Background Checks. Over the past 30 years, InfoMart has conducted millions of pre-employment background checks for staffing companies. In that time, candidates and employers have had plenty of questions about background checks. Tammy Cohen , PHR, SHRM-CP.

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What to Consider When Submitting a Background Check: Turnaround Time Demystified

Precheck

What to Consider When Submitting a Background Check: Turnaround Time Demystified Aug. As an employer in healthcare, running employment background checks is an integral part of your hiring and talent qualification process. When is the best time to submit your background check order? Antique-Nguyen.jpg.

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Warning to Employers: [Get Your Background Checks In Order]

Crimcheck | Pre-Employment & Background Check Information

Employers have always lived under the threat of litigation when using background checks for screening applicants. What is new is that, over the last few years, a particular aspect of using background checks has become a leading source of class action lawsuits. This is nothing new. Liability Waivers.

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Spring Cleaning Your Hiring Compliance Forms

Sterling Check

Just as we spring clean our homes, companies that conduct background screening should also review the forms that they use to make sure that they are up-to-date and compliant. The background screening industry is no different. Background screening is a highly regulated industry. State Disclosures.

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Should I Ask This on the Employment Application?

ExactHire

Useful Employment Application Guidelines Whether the positions an organization is seeking to fill are temporary or permanent, it is important for Human Resources representatives to reflect on the content included in their organization’s employment application(s) to determine if the content is within the scope of fair hiring practices.

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EEOC Unveils Strategic Plan for 2018-2022

Sterling Check

It seeks to improve management functions with a focus on information technology, infrastructure enhancement, and accountable financial stewardship. Impact of EEOC Guidelines on Background Screening. Also, enforcement authorities are exercised fairly, efficiently and based on the circumstances of each charge or complaint.

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Employment Verification: The “Need to Knows” in an Age of Resume Fraud

Sterling Check

In an eye-opening 2017 OfficeTeam survey , 46% of those surveyed said they knew someone who shared false information on a resume. Employment verifications are another aspect of the pre-employment background check. The second blog shared information about what could be required for an education verification check.