Data Facts Background Screening Blog

With record low unemployment, finding, recruiting, and keeping high performing employees in your organization will be more challenging in 2019 than in the recent past. Even so, it’s entirely possible to be productive and successful in your hiring endeavors. It just takes planning and commitment.

Here are 7 smart resolutions relating to background check processes that are essential for HR to consider in 2019 and beyond.

Topics: hiring process, background check services, background screening practices, background checks, adverse action procedures, Compliance, background screen, background screening company

Nobody wants to be a turkey. That’s why Human Resource professionals must maintain diligence and consistency to create the most relevant, efficient hiring process possible.

Topics: hiring process, background check services, unlawful discriminatory hiring practice, Employment screening policy, Pre-employment screening

Driving is risky. Rampant smartphone use, construction, weather, and a variety of other factors work against drivers. It’s especially challenging for those who drive for a living. Add to that long hours of exhausted driving, potential issues with drugs or alcohol, and the chances of causing or being involved in an accident are above average.

At first glance, HR Professionals may think this article doesn’t pertain to them if they work in an industry besides transportation. However, organizations offering deliveries or employing a traveling sales staff are open to the costly risks that having drivers on the payroll brings.

Topics: Background screening, HR Professionals, hiring process, driver screening

The way organizations recruit, interview, and choose new employees is changing in a variety of ways. What were once commonplace practices are now being phased out in favor of new processes that are less discriminatory and equal for everyone.

Topics: hiring process, employer compliance, background screening practices, background checks, salary history ban, Vermont, employment laws

Over the years, we have seen our background check tools unearth many scary surprises that were hiding deeply in applicants’ histories. Job candidates who look perfect and sound great can still harbor dangerous skeletons in their closets, and those can be detrimental to the safety of your workplace.

Topics: 2017 Hiring, Litigation avoidance, Background screening, background check, hiring process

Remember when you just placed a want ad in the newspaper when you needed to hire someone?

Seasoned HR professionals have experienced a myriad of changes in hiring over the last decade, and new HR pros probably wouldn’t even recognize how we did it “back in the day.”

The changes keep coming!

Topics: Hiring, 2017 Hiring, Background screening, hiring process, background checks

The EEOC guidance has created concern for employers who utilize criminal records searches as part of their hiring process.

What can you use, when can you use it, and how are you able to use it?

These questions can overwhelm even seasoned HR professionals, and it's important to address the concerns of utilizing criminal records checks in a background check.

Topics: Background screening, background check, criminal records search, EEOC, hiring process