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Assessing Values in Online Technology

HR Examiner

Indeed, many companies now administer assessments as part of pre-employment screening. In part two of this series we’ll pick things up by exploring the ten things we learned from this exercise. What sets you apart? This post will be updated with links to the articles published in this series.

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10 Reasons Small Business Background Checks are Essential

Accurate Background

Running a proper pre-employment screening or background investment is essential for small businesses to assure their investors of security and stability in the company. A background screening may confirm if he or she has the proper attitude and social behavior to represent your organization moving forward.

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4 Reasons to Use Tech-Enabled Social Media Screening

Sterling Check

Of these employers, 85% uncovered online content that caused them not to hire a candidate, potentially saving their company from a negative hiring experience and the cost of a poor hire. Preferably, this should be someone knowledgeable about employment law in order to help your organization avoid hiring discrimination lawsuits.

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Becoming GDPR Compliant – Step 2 of 12

HireRight

Data mapping should be a key element in any organization’s compliance strategy, including any pre-employment screening policy. The prospective employer (data controller) can face questions from its candidate base about where their personal data is being sent and how it is used.

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Get the most out of pre-employment assessment tests

Business Management Daily

Pre-employment assessment tests are skills assessments or projects that employers use to screen candidates. They can be used to assess a variety of skills and attributes to help employers find a strong fit for their needs.

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Potential Pitfalls of Not Performing a Background Screening

Peopletrail

This is one of the important reasons why you should have a comprehensive pre-employment screening process in place. What it means is that you, as an employer, have a duty to exercise a reasonable amount of care while hiring people for your company. Looking for personal background checks? Data breach or theft.

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4 Background Check Risks For Employers

Peopletrail

This is one of the important reasons why you should have a comprehensive pre-employment screening process in place. This is one of the most unexpected background check risks for employers these days. 3 – Data breach or theft. Close to 50% of data breaches are attributed to what experts call an ‘insider threat’.