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How is the COVID-19 Pandemic Impacting Employment Background Checks?

Goodhire

Editor’s note: This blog was updated on April 30, 2020, to reflect new information regarding drug screening labs, and additional FAQs related to COVID-19. The COVID-19 pandemic is changing the way we approach employment background checks. We are currently fulfilling background screenings in nearly 90% of U.S.

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How Your Background Screening Provider’s Global Partner Ecosystem Enhances the Hiring Workflow

Sterling Check

Changing Standards for Background Checks. Sterling saw the technology shifts as opportunities to re-imagine and enhance candidate screening within the hiring workflow. Harris notes, “Ten years ago integrations were simply about reducing the data entry it took to request the background check.”

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Strategies for Recruiting Healthcare Talent

Sterling Check

Staffing shortages among health systems have been an ongoing challenge. Effects of Labor Shortages: Lower Applicant Volume. One of the negative impacts that was seen due to labor shortages was having a lower than typical applicant volume, especially since the start of the pandemic. Why is this happening?

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Optimizing Background Screening Through a Tech-Enabled Service Provider

Precheck

Optimizing Background Screening Through a Tech-Enabled Service Provider Mar. Part of delivering on that imperative is conducting background checks on your new hires. Employers rank background screenings high in importance, but 62% said the biggest challenge is how long it takes to get results. Here’s how.

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Overcoming New Background Screening Challenges When Hiring for Government & Education

Sterling Check

But relaxing your hiring standards under pressure to quickly fill vacancies can pose serious risks if you don’t have a rigorous candidate background screening process. Now, a report from the MissionSquare Research Institute suggests that “We’re teetering on the brink of a public sector workforce crisis.”.

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Optimizing Background Screening Through a Tech-Enabled Service Provider

Cisive

Part of delivering on that imperative is conducting background checks on your new hires. A 2020 joint survey between HR.com and the Professional Background Screening Association (formerly the National Association of Professional Background Screeners) revealed that 94% of respondents perform at least one type of employment screening.

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What Are The Top Background Screening Trends For 2021?

Crimcheck | Pre-Employment & Background Check Information

Back in the day, background screening was a relatively straightforward process, typically limited to drug testing and criminal background checks. Below we have provided three background screening trends that are important in the current environment, as well as two trends that are have been phased out.