Verifying the information on a potential employee’s application or resume helps prevent or limit the risk of making a bad hire. By talking to an … Read more

Verifying the information on a potential employee’s application or resume helps prevent or limit the risk of making a bad hire. By talking to an … Read more
A federal court recently decided that LinkedIn’s search technology does not make it a “consumer reporting agency” for purposes of applying the Fair Credit … Read more
How often to job applicants lie in their resumes or job applications? While there’s no solid figure, every recruiter has discovered resume … Read more
“Ban the Box” is a national civil-rights movement backed by advocates for job applicants with criminal convictions. Proponents of these laws believe that … Read more
Employers often seek as much information as possible about their candidates and the strengths and competencies they can bring to the company. But is asking … Read more
Scene: Antiseptic, hospital room filled with the latest diagnostic equipment. Mr. Background Check lies happily in bed, not a care in the world. By his … Read more
After a decade of slowly declining workplace drug test results, Quest Diagnostics said the trend reversed last year with more workers testing positive, … Read more
About that “new” EEOC policy about candidate’s criminal record in pre-employment screening. In a sentence, it means: File a charge of … Read more
Employers use credit reports to assess a candidate’s stability and their propensity to be dishonest or commit fraud. But this implies that the … Read more
How a state law becomes a recruiting issue I recently visited Boulder, Colorado, and guess what: everyone there was talking about the new marijuana law. … Read more
You didn’t forget, did you? Forget that today is Employee Appreciation Day? Or forget what your high school SAT scores were? First things first, … Read more
They’re looking for probation officers here in Los Angeles, but the county doesn’t want to repeat the experience of 2005 to 2008, when many … Read more
The sad truth is, in the pursuit of money, needing a job and fear of failure, people create false resumes and falsify information when they go to an … Read more
A rapidly changing legal landscape is making the application, interview and screening processes increasingly complicated – and potentially dangerous for … Read more
Recruiting is full of practices that seem to last forever. Unfortunately, many practices endure for years despite the fact that they add no value to the … Read more
Choosing and monitoring your background screening vendor is as important — and maybe more so even — than the interview you conduct with … Read more
At least a couple of companies, neither too well known yet, have a different take on a background check: they’re having job candidates take a turn in … Read more
Most know references to be a tool for checking a candidate’s background, but reference-related factors can also be one of the simplest, cheapest, and … Read more
Note: This article is not intended as legal advice. In all instances the reader is cautioned to consult with legal counsel when utilizing this information. … Read more
Chip and Dan Heath have two best sellers behind them and I suspect soon a third one. I am fortunate to know Chip, and received a pre-release of Decisive, … Read more