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Help EmployeeScreenIQ with its 6th annual Employment Background Screening Survey

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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 Preview: Legally Leverage Social Media In Recruitment

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The fact is, employers can easily find professional or personal information on a job candidate with just a few clicks. They search for them via social media to see what’s up in the virtual world — even if they don’t admit it (or admit they based hiring decisions on what they find). Related Reading: Meghan M.

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

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Other legal considerations include ban-the-box ordinances and state laws, which may restrict the use of criminal history information until later in the hiring process—usually after the interview stage. Employment or character references along with any other information regarding fitness for the particular position. Hiring Matrix.

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Dos & Don’ts of Screening Your Candidates Online

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Discrimination : Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and state laws prohibit employers from making hiring decisions based on protected class informationinformation that could be seen inadvertently on a job applicant’s profile. Do beware of TMI (too much information). Do designate a project owner.

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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% Do beware of TMI (too much information). diploma mill) degrees. And much more!

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The Hot Potatoes Of Social Screening

TalentCulture

The fact is, we can easily find professional or personal information on a job candidate with just a few clicks, and something we talked about in depth on the TalentCulture #TChat Show. Eighty percent of those who check online sites turn to LinkedIn for information.

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WIRTW #356 (the “rock hall” edition)

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via Information Age ‘Deactivated’ Facebook Account Is Discoverable In Litigation (Forbes Cross-Post) — via Technology & Marketing Law Blog Reality ‘bytes’: Employee sabotages electronic files and communication — via Technology for HR HR & Employee Relations And Vice Versa — via dad working Paid Leave for New Dads and Moms: Why is U.S.