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Help EmployeeScreenIQ with its 6th annual Employment Background Screening Survey

Ohio Employer's Law

EmployeeScreenIQ is conducting its 6th annual Employment Background Screening Survey. According to the company: In its 2015 survey, EmployeeScreenIQ again sets out to capture the various influences on employers'' hiring practices and how they respond when adverse information is revealed. Today is one of those days.

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#TChat Recap: Leveraging Social Recruiting Legally

TalentCulture

This week, our community was joined by: Jason Morris , Co-Founder, COO and President of EmployeeScreenIQ; and Nick Fishman , Co-Founder, EVP and CMO of EmployeeScreenIQ. We cannot forget that: A resume is nothing more than a sales tool, not verifying it is the worst decision you can make for your company #tchat.

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Your Job Candidate Has Criminal Record? Don’t Panic.

TalentCulture

Many companies have adopted background screening policies that define the types of crimes that may disqualify candidates from certain positions.There is no set formula for creating a hiring matrix. The law gives candidates the right to contact the background screening company directly to dispute the accuracy of a background report.

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The Prevalence and the Practice of Social Media Screening—The Dos and Don’ts

HR Daily Advisor

Today, Morris, who is president of EmployeeScreenIQ of Cleveland, Ohio, reveals his tips for social media screening. According to EmployeeScreenIQ’s Survey, about 63% of organizations do not; about 30% do the searches internally; and about 7.5% Yesterday’s Advisor shared Jason Morris’s earned and not-so-earned (i.e.,

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Dos & Don’ts of Screening Your Candidates Online

TalentCulture

A good question without a right answer; it’s a gray area both in the law and company policies, especially because many employers don’t even have a social media policy. About the Author: Nick Fishman co-founded EmployeeScreenIQ in 1999 and serves as the company’s Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President.

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Americans Much in Favor of Background Checks

HRExecutive

Granted, the company announcing this research has some “skin in the game,” as we sometimes say around here, but this study — which was explained to me in some detail at the recent SHRM16 conference in Washington — bears sharing. Kelton Global conducted the research.).

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The Hot Potatoes Of Social Screening

TalentCulture

There are certainly both the risks and rewards of screening job candidates online, but understanding the legal considerations facing companies that turn to the Internet to check out job candidates due to privacy, discrimination and accuracy is critical. Then neither of us is in consideration any longer (employee or employer).