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• Even College Grads Can Have it Tough Finding Employment

  
  Corra Daily Planet — Authority: 100
  Once upon a time, a college degree was a ticket to success.  If you had a diploma, a sheepskin, if you will, you could easily find a job.  You would make more money.  You were almost guaranteed a promising start to a career.  Not so much anymore. An article in the Huffington Post points out that if you are a ...
  2 days ago

• Domino’s Pizza: Another Class Act

  
  employeescreenIQ Blog — Authority: 104
  Domino’s Pizza is the latest employer to find themselves in court facing a class action law suit alleging that their background check process violates the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The former employees claim that the company (1) ran background checks on employees without proper authorization; and (2) ...
  6 days ago

• Reminder About Medical Marijuana and How It Effects Employment Screening

  
  Corra Daily Planet — Authority: 100
  Several times this week I was asked by clients how they can administer to their employment screening needs given the Medical Marijuana allowances in fifteen states right now.   The inquiring clients were from California and other states and wanted to know if they could refuse to hire someone who had tested positive ...
  6 days ago

• Update on NJ school district background checks

  
  Mind Your Business Background Checks — Authority: 103
  Earlier this month we reported how 350 school board members across New Jersey were told to resign their positions immediately after failing to complete a criminal background check now mandated by state law. In an update on this story, the New Jersey Department of Education is still holding off releasing ...
  1 week ago

• Assessing the Types of Workplace Violence

  
  Corra Daily Planet — Authority: 100
  I have  written much about workplace violence.   Employers in the United States and around the world are experiencing growing concerns about workplace violence. I appeared on Professor Donna El-Armale’s show on the Cal State University Television Network . I recently wrote… Added Security  After Workplace ...
  1 week ago

• More Things to Consider When Using Background Checks for Employment Screening

  
  Corra Daily Planet — Authority: 100
  Here are more issues to consider regarding how employers can best conduct background checks while observing practices that tend not to discriminate against any job applicants with criminal records.   As the EEOC is increasingly requiring that employers observe certain protocol when reviewing criminal records, it is ...
  2 weeks ago

• Canadian Researchers to Study the Effects on Males of Workplace Bullying

  
  Corra Daily Planet — Authority: 100
  Workplace Bullying has been on the increase.  Not only in the United States, but in other countries as well, there are growing concerns about workplace bullying.  Nearly a third of the workplace experiences some form of workplace bullying.  Usually the infliction is psychological and not physical.  Nearly seventy ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Positive aspects Of Employment Background Checks To Each Parties

  
  News Carson City — Authority: 146
     For the last few decades, employment background check have been enforced for the security of employers all through the country. An individual ought to have an understanding of that this is not accomplished as a implies to discriminate or avoid them from having the opportunity to get a job. This really is ...
  2 weeks ago

• Employment Screening Trends for 2012 Reviewed in Webcast

  
  ESR Blog The latest on Employment Screening Background Checks — Authority: 107
  Attorney Lester Rosen, founder and CEO of nationwide background check company Employment Screening Resources (ESR), will present the webcast ‘Top Ten Trends in Background Checks for 2012’ at the Institute for Human Resources (IHR) Quality of Hire Virtual Event on January 26, 2012 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM ET.  To ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Benefits Of Employment Background Checks To Each Parties

  
  News Carson City — Authority: 146
     For the last few decades, employment background check have been enforced for the security of employers throughout the country. An individual must understand that this is not done as a means to discriminate or prevent them from having the opportunity to obtain a job. This is basically a way for employers to ...
  3 weeks ago

• Pharmacists On Long Island Increasingly Trying To Pack Heat

  
  Paternal Prose — Authority: 146
  UNIONDALE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Pharmacists across Long Island are racing to protect themselves. This action has been deemed necessary amid desperate and deadly robberies tied to painkiller abuse, reports CBS 2’s Jennifer McLogan. There is a new vigilance for rattled druggists — security cameras, hidden ...
  3 weeks ago

• All I Wanted for Christmas was Fewer Stupid Gun Laws

  
  AmmoLand.com — Authority: 591
  By Jeff Knox Polish P64 Pistol FirearmsCoalition.org Manassas, VA - -( Ammoland.com )- I wasn’t among the estimated 2 million or so people who found a gun under the tree this Christmas, not because I didn’t want one or because my wife doesn’t love me, but because of stupid gun laws and an aversion ...
  3 weeks ago

• How to Do a Background Check on Job Applicants

  
  Advertzones Small Business Network Blog — Authority: 114
  If you own a company, you want to be as sure as you can that your employees will do a good job for you. Taking a page from the ‘better safe than sorry’ book, it may be a good idea to do a background check on anyone who applies for a job. Not only is their work history an important consideration, but so is their ...
  3 weeks ago

• Employers Intend to Hire More Temporary Workers in 2012

  
  Corra Daily Planet — Authority: 100
  According to a survey published on the Staffing Industry Analysts website, employers will be hiring more contingent or temporary employees.  The report notes that the estimate is a 26% increase in contingent workers over last year.   Not bad, although contingent workers tend to get paid less than staff employees.   ...
  3 weeks ago

• Pepsi Fine $3.1 Million for Screening Applicants for Criminal Histories

  
  The Lonely Conservative — Authority: 634
  Pepsi Beverages Co. was slapped with a $3.1 million fine for screening job applicants for criminal histories. The federal government has deemed the widely used screening method to be racist! Seriously . Pepsi Beverages Co. will pay $3.1 million to settle federal charges of race discrimination for using criminal ...
  3 weeks ago

• Response to Harsh Article on the Background Screening Industry

  
  employeescreenIQ Blog — Authority: 104
  Last month, the AP published an article titled, “When Your Criminal Past Isn’t Yours” , which ruffled the feathers of many in the background screening industry because they questioned the practices of the entire industry rather than the few that caused this issue they highlighted. And while the industry as a ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Undercover World of Private Investigation

  
  Instant Reverse Phone Lookup — Authority: 128
  Given the fact that private investigators need to interact with people of different temperament in the course of their job, it is important to have knowledge of psychology. Every investigator is expected to know how different behave in order to carry out their job effectively. Those who do have this knowledge will ...
  3 weeks ago

• Tips To Finding and Using The Right Private Investigation Services Company For Your Requirements

  
  Instant Reverse Phone Lookup — Authority: 128
  Investigation is a part of man and for any form of investigation to successful a lot of factors have to be put in place. First you must be in the right frame of mind. You also need to think analytically. If you do not have an analytical mind, it will be difficult to carryout an investigation and arrive at a tangible ...
  3 weeks ago

• Social media, the ultimate career-squasher

  
  Naked Security - Sophos — Authority: 667
  A new survey finds that 56% are likely to check out the social media profiles of potential employees.If you want to avoid limiting your career progression, it might be time to clean-up your social networking accounts.
  3 weeks ago

• Background checks for Olympic torch bearers

  
  Mind Your Business Background Checks — Authority: 103
  As London continues to prepare for the Olympic games this summer, there’s one aspect of preparations that most people might not think about – background screening of the torch bearers. When the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) announced the 8,000 participants chosen to carry the Olympic ...
  3 weeks ago

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