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Blog: Continuous Monitoring and Redeployment

Accurate Background

The attraction, interview, screening, and onboarding process is timely and costly and there’s always a chance the best talent will be snapped up by a competitor – particularly in today’s talent-driven climate. . Data analysis – Staffing agencies have access to a wealth of information via their contractor database.

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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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4 Tips for Improving Your Background Checks

InfoMart

4 Tips for Improving Your Background Checks. Running background checks on candidates is a crucial step in the recruiting process. But background checks can be tedious and difficult to navigate; many states have their own specific laws and requirements, such as Ban-the-Box legislation. October 4 2018.

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2022 Was Another Record Year for HR Tech: See 20+ M&A Activities that Shaped the Market

Lighthouse

Last year one of our most popular posts on the blog was a recap of some of the 2021 M&A activities across the HR Tech landscape. Hiring is always big on VC funding and M&A activity, but the demand from employers was off the charts for any tool that could help them source better, screen faster, or hire more intelligently.

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Busting 8 Myths About Background Check Organizations

InfoMart

BLOG Busting 8 Myths About Background Check Organizations Tammy Cohen , PHR, SHRM-CP February 27 2024 Most HR leaders understand the importance of background screening candidates. However, there are several myths about the background screening industry that prevent businesses from running background checks.

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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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Social Media Background Screening

AccuSource

Social media background screening has proven to be a highly beneficial tool for many businesses to safeguard their reputations, help identify candidates’ patterns of behavior outside of professional environments and reduce the overall risk of negative activity in the workplace.