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The Difference Between a Name Search and a Document Request
One of the most enlightening concepts that casual requesters often discover is that “name search” will often find the location of a record or determine if a record exists, but will not uncover the record itself.
By Guest Author Mike Sankey, founder and CEO of BRB Publications
As we near the halfway point of fiscal 2008, 75% of our external hires are from employee referrals, 2% are from search firms, and we have stopped all newspaper advertising in our largest hiring market.
By Guest Author Ron Bower, Vice President and Director of Talent Sourcing, AmTrust Bank
New FACTA regulations go into effect on November 1, 2008 and require the creation of a number of new policies and procedures for specified entities. Some of the regulations apply to all users of consumer reports, where others are specific to financial institutions and creditors. By Guest Author Pamela Q. Devata, Labor & Employment Attorney, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Read more...What is a background check, anyway? Why are they important? What makes an employeescreenIQ background check different? And more...
Read more...Legislative Updates
11/20/2008 Federal Contractor E-Verify Rule Is Final! By Teresa A. Cheek of Young ConawayLabor and employment attorney Teresa Cheeck from Young Conaway provides some insight into the new government regulations.
Read more...This delay does not apply to employers who still need to be in compliance by the original November 1, 2008 deadline.
Read more...A bruising partisan battle over an overhaul of the nation's immigration laws is expected to surface in the early days of the next Congress and new presidential administration, a clash that already has lawmakers, lobbyists and immigration advocates gearing up to fight.
Read more...Schwarzennger said California AB2918 "would significantly increase businesses’ exposure to civil actions over the use of credit checks.
Read more...Upcoming Events
ERE Fall Expo 2008October 28-30, 2008 at the The Westin Diplomat Hotel in Hollywood, FL. The ERE Fall Expo explores a broad range of the most recent and relevant issues affecting the global recruiting industry.
Read more...November 5, 2008 employeescreenIQ will be exhibiting at Chicago's premier event for HR Professionals.
Read more...Announcements
11/14/2008 employeescreenIQ Makes Hot List of Employment Related Screening Providers Read more...White Papers
White PapersInformation on best practices in employment screening, privacy concerns and legal compliance updates.
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employeescreenIQ's Guide to Identify Fake DegreesThe following excerpt is a sneak peek to our 30 page "Known Diploma Mills Resource Guide".
Read more...Ask any HR executive about their I-9 process and their eyes begin to water before they can spit the words out.
Read more...employeescreenIQ has been opposed to conducting National Criminal Database Searches as the sole resource for a criminal background check. That position has not and will not change. Where we have become not-so-publicly enlightened up until now is the benefit of conducting such a search as a complement to a thorough criminal record search.
Read more...We have created a list of the Top 10 trends in employment screening in the coming year.
Read more...Industry News
11/20/2008 Napa teacher in court to face 10 sex-related chargesNapa records show Estrada passed two background checks before being hired at the district. He was previously a teacher in New York City, Linsey said. ...
Read more...And even after notice that background checks were poor, the agency failed to root out air marshals with troubled pasts before they committed felonies. ...
Read more...Employers also are doing a lot of background digging: criminal, credit and even Registry of Motor Vehicle background checks. “Even with a hotel, ...
Read more...In The News
Job Crisis Might Be Worsening, But There’s No Reason to Lie (Examiner.com 11/20/2008)According to Gallup’s Net New Hiring Activity measure, “U.S. employee’s perceptions of the job situation at their companies worsened significantly in October, with the downward trend continuing to accelerate, as it has over the past three months.”
Read more...employeescreenIQ has developed a webinar on the new FTC "Red Flags" guidelines aimed at curbing identity theft.
Read more...The alliance will allow hiring professionals using myStaffingPro's platform to utilize employeescreenIQ 's thorough, accurate and compliant background checks for employment applicants around the world.
Read more...A good background-checking company will nail you going in the door. If you do make it inside, you might survive if you're adding or saving money for a company, but don't count on it. No one likes being lied to.
Read more...10 percent of education verifications completed by the global employment screening company during the second quarter of 2008 uncovered discrepancies . . .
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