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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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6 Top Trends in Employment and Identity Screening

Sterling Check

Amid the uncertainty and disruption of 2020 and 2021, Sterling provided background screening and identity verification, as well as Covid testing and a host of other services, to thousands of organizations, staffing firms, and professionals across the globe, helping them hire safely, quickly, and with attention to compliance.

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Navigating Background and Covid-19 Health Screening in Retail

Sterling Check

Among the challenges faced by today’s retail industry is a confluence of trends including shifting consumer buying preferences, rapid digitalization of business processes and a need to combine online and offline sales strategies in innovative and complementary ways. End-to-End Digitalization of Criminal Records Check.

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Dice 2018 Recruitment Automation Report

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies are rapidly changing the way many recruit and hire talent. Read Dice's first-ever Recruitment Automation Report to discover how you can employ new, cutting-edge technologies to source and hire tech talent faster.

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4 Ways to Maximize Productivity and Optimize Your Contingent Workforce Background Check Program

Sterling Check

Thanks in great part to digital technologies like ride-sharing apps and freelancing platforms, however, we’ve seen a huge shift from traditional, full-time employment to freelance and contract work across many industries. Consider, for example, the huge demand for contingent workers across the e-commerce industry.

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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.