By W. Barry Nixon, SPHR, PreemploymentDirectory.com
Recently there has been a flurry of articles and a lot of hullabaloo about the EEOC announcing it intends to produce guidelines that focus on ‘evidence based’ screening and hiring policies.
By Eyal Ben Cohen, Managing Director, Verifile Limited. This article provides an overview of international background screening and an insight into the importance of conducting thorough international employee checks correctly and legally.
Robert Schepens, CEO of Champion Staffing recently wrote the book, “The Great Workplace 2.0” and we think you’ll enjoy this excerpt from his book as well as the overall concept of tomorrow’s great workplace.
By Caitrin O’ Sullivan at iCIMS
The number one complaint we’re hearing from hiring managers and recruiters is that they are being absolutely inundated with resumes, to the point that they simply cannot handle the overload.
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
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.
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
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
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
Labor and employment attorney Seth Briskin discusses compliance with the FCRA.




