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

TalentCulture

Your focus should be on compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and anti-discrimination laws. Using this process, the applicant has an opportunity to see the background report, challenge any inaccuracies in the report, and clear any negative information that is disqualifying him or her from the job.

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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

Accuracy : The Fair Credit Report Act (FCRA) requires maximum possible accuracy in background checks. The FTC has been calling out web services for acting as consumer reporting agencies when supplying employers with aggregated social media data for employment. If you can’t prove something, you shouldn’t use it.

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Credentials? Sure, I Have Three Degrees (Wink, Wink)

HR Daily Advisor

Morris, who is president of EmployeeScreenIQ in Cleveland, Ohio, started his discussion of background checking with a review of his degrees. Read the latest HR Daily Advisor research when you purchase HR Metrics Best Practices and receive our HR Technology Trends premium report free of charge. Recruiters beware! Learn More.

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Americans Much in Favor of Background Checks

HRExecutive

The study (registration required) was commissioned by Sterling Talent Solutions, the entity created from the recent acquisition by SterlingBackcheck of EmployeeScreenIQ. Importantly, contrary to much of what’s been reported in the media, only 14 percent of Americans consider background checks to be an invasion of privacy.”

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WIRTW #347 (the “bad santa” edition)

Ohio Employer's Law

— via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog Accommodating service animals in the workplace — via HR Hero Line “Oh Wow, You Look So Pretty I Can’t Even Concentrate” (Part II) — via Employment Discrimination Report Sexual Harassment Investigations — via Employment Essentials The EEOC and wellness programs: coming home to roost? —

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The Hot Potatoes Of Social Screening

TalentCulture

According to my friends from EmployeeScreenIQ and their The Unvarnished Truth: 2014 Top Trends in Employment Background Checks report (surveyed over 600 individuals representing a wide range of companies): A substantial portion of respondents (38 percent) search online media for information about their candidates as part of the hiring process.