3 Ways Companies are Modifying Hiring Standards in a Big Way

The unemployment figures are at their lowest in decades. To overcome this lack of available labor, many companies are modifying their hiring standards. Business Insider reports that more and more employers are relaxing their drug policies and are considering hiring workers with criminal records.

With the job market tight, ex-felons and other workers who often struggled to find jobs are getting…

Annual Background Checks Help Create a Safe Workplace

You are excited to welcome your new employee into your company with open arms; because you have shown your due diligence by conducting a background search, you are confident that he/she has the required qualifications and that they will not present a threat to your company. In today’s ever-changing world, however, more and more companies are conducting post-hire screenings in…

How Can Collaborative Hiring Help You Make Better Decisions?

Collaborative hiring, also known as team-based hiring, gets the entire team involved in hiring decisions. Traditionally, the hiring process has been conducted by only managers. However, innovative firms such as Google, Facebook, and Apple have proven that collaborative hiring has led to better productivity and growth. Keeping collaboration in mind, many organizations have also embraced transparency, group based objective setting,…

Can an Employee Beat a Drug Test?

Alcohol and drug abuse cost the US economy almost $300 billion per year in lost productivity, health care expenditures, crime, and motor vehicle crashes. In certain industries, substance abuse on the job creates serious hazards that put the safety of coworkers and the public at risk. Although private companies aren’t required to perform employee drug screening tests, The Society for…

The Dos and Don’ts of Employee Background Screening Part I

Employment background checks are an essential part of the recruiting process for all new job candidates and an effective way to keep your workplace safe. Here are some tips to help ensure your employee background screening solution is an effective and reliable tool:
Do not use a national criminal database search as the primary criminal records check on an applicant.
Because a…

When You Need More Than Just a Reference Check

You may think you’ve looked into everything you need to uncover about job candidate. You’ve interviewed them, maybe more than once, they’ve presented an impressive resume and they fit in with your company’s culture. Just to be extra sure, you call their references, all of whom have glowing reviews about the candidate.
While this may seem like all you need to…

Background Checks = Lower Company Risk

You’ve just started to review a job applicant and everything seems great on paper. They have the perfect amount of experience, a degree, and they come across as an honest and friendly individual. Should this be all the information you need to start making a job offer? If you think you can tell when someone is lying or that you…