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Don’t Lie About How Good You Are . . .
There is so much competition in the market place at the moment, with many former senior level executives vying for jobs far beneath their skills and qualifications it’s become a virtual (no pun intended even though we are an online recruitment company), feeding frenzy!
By Lisa Kaye, President & CEO of greenlightjobs
Most firms that experience a serious [workplace violence] incident will move quickly to minimize the negative publicity and the impact on their business.
By W. Barry Nixon, Executive Director of National Institute for Prevention of Workplace Violence
If your employee scheduling, time collection, payroll and HRIS processes are draining key resources and costing your organization more than they should, it’s time to look to the marketplace for solutions.
By Anthony Petraco, President & CEO of Valiant Solution, Inc.
While there is no specific prohibition on checking an applicant's Facebook page, employers should carefully weigh the potential hazards before entering these waters.
By Jackie J. Ford of Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease LLP
What is a background check, anyway? Why are they important? What makes an employeescreenIQ background check different? And more...
Read more...Legislative Updates
Utah Selections Procedures Act (5/12/09)Employers subject to this law may also not use information about an applicant for any other purpose than to determine whether the employer will hire the applicant as an employee.
Read more...DHS has again delayed enforcement of the requirement that mandates federal contractors use the E-Verify system to check the eligibility of their employees to work in the U.S. until at least September 8, 2009.
Read more...The FTC has announced that are delaying enforcement of the “Red Flags” Guidelines for Identity Theft Prevention until August 1, 2009 for all Creditors and Financial Institutions.
Read more...Effective April 3, 2009 all U.S. employers must use the new I-9 Form which was revised earlier this year.
Read more...Upcoming Events
2009 SHRM Annual Conference & ExpositionJune 28- July 1, 2009 at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, LA
Read more...June 18, 2009 Join employeescreenIQ president and C.O.O., Jason B. Morris for this insightful presentation on the impact of Social Networking sites.
Read more...July 23, 2009 Nick Fishman and Jason Morris will present Technology's Role in Employment Screening
Read more...White Papers
White PapersInformation on best practices in employment screening, privacy concerns and legal compliance updates.
Read more...Articles
Background Checks in a Tight EconomyThe purpose of this essay is to examine how the state of our economy has affected the use of and implementation of employment background checks. We will also discuss how it has driven some interesting trends and what it means for the future.
Read more...With the increase in organizations that are downsizing, we are finding an alarming trend. Often, these organizations are no longer adequately staffed to be able to provide verifications in a timely manner, if at all for former employees.
Read more...The Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act was signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 2000 (both electronically and in ink), giving electronic contracts the same weight as those executed on paper.
Read more...Your screening partner is aware of your organizational structure but by no means is as well versed as you. A good partner will attempt to proactively address issues and obtain information by anticipating your questions and needs.
Read more...Industry News
5/29/2009 Experts Expect Résumé Fraud to RiseOne reason fraud rates haven’t risen might be the very real fear of getting caught. More employers are now doing stricter background checks on their potential employees, particularly for candidates who received their education or work experience abroad and for those applying for IT positions with access to confidential data.
Read more..."We're systematically going through thousands of background checks to determine the background of these individuals," said Commissioner Gonzales. ...
Read more...Heads are gonna roll I can see it clearly as I type this... doesn't the T do background checks? check reference's? nope just one more connected hack after ...
Read more...In The News
Hiring Controversies, Social Networking and Falsified Resumes Top EmployeeScreenIQ’s Annual List of Background Screening Trends (PRWeb 6/29/2009)This year’s trends were announced at SHRM’s New Orleans conference and are designed to equip hiring professionals with advance information on crucial screening topics before they become everyday news.
Read more...Redesigned website enhances employers ability to keep up with the latest industry trends and best practices
Read more...This partnership allows us to broaden our market share into the media and entertainment industries and work with greenlightjobs and their marquis client base.
Read more...The employee was fired for lying. The worst part, Fishman says, is that this person wouldn't even have needed a degree for the promotion.
Read more...Nine years after the U.S. Congress endorsed the use of electronic signatures for commerce, research shows the majority of employers and academic institutions are refusing to accept them for verification purposes.
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