Using Social Media for Background Checks – Part 1

EBI

JANUARY 7, 2016

How many times a day do you check social media? For some of you, it may be too many to count. But that habit could actually get you in trouble if you are involved in the hiring process. The Screening News Network’s Jennifer Gladstone spoke with Philadelphia employment law expert Jonathan Segal about the risks and rewards of checking out your applicants’ profiles. there are risks in doing it.

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Ohio's Background Check System a Mess

EBI

JANUARY 20, 2016

The Columbus Dispatch and CBS local affiliate WBNS-TV conducted an investigation into Ohio’s computerized background-check system, and the results were chilling for anyone who had relied on it to vet an employee over the last few years. The investigation discovered crippling problems that make the entire system completely unreliable. Unfortunately, the fix is not a simple one. Background Checks

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Why You Might Need to Check Out Volunteers' Driving Records

EBI

JANUARY 28, 2016

Where would this world be without volunteers? The list of the good deeds they do is long, but there is also a huge risk to the organization if volunteer duties include being behind the wheel of a car. This group is an amazing team of people who voluntarily pick up dogs at shelters or from other at-risk situations and care for them in their own homes. So what do you do? Background Checks

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Legislative Alert – January 31, 2016: Drug Testing via Fingerprints?

EBI

JANUARY 31, 2016

Screening News Update. Criminal Record? No Problem in PA. Uber Easing Up on Some Background Checks. Indiana Cracking Down on Employers. Portable Fingerprint Drug Test Coming Soon? Subscribe To Our Blog To Receive Our Weekly Screening News Updates. Criminal Record? No Problem in PA. The 1997 law required a lifetime employment ban on anyone convicted of a crime. Indiana Cracking Down on Employers.

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Make Sure Your Screening Partner Gives Info You Can Actually Use

EBI

JANUARY 13, 2016

When you enlist the services of a background screening partner you assume the reports they send back are accurate and compliant with the law. That is a fair assumption, but it’s not always a safe one to make. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has been pursuing screening companies and fining some of them millions of dollars for providing unacceptable data. Background Checks

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UBER and NAPBS on the Same Page When it Comes to Background Checks

EBI

JANUARY 14, 2016

The issue of Uber’s background checking policy has made more headlines this year than we can count. If you just skim the coverage you might get the impression that the ride-sharing giant is trying to get out of doing thorough checks, but in reality, their arguments are actually right in line with the National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS). Uber gets it. Background Check

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Legislative Alert – January 15, 2016: Inaccurate Background Check Costs Company $700K

EBI

JANUARY 15, 2016

Screening News Update. Using Social Media for Background Checks? Inaccurate Background Check Costs Company Over $700K. Medical Marijuana for New Yorkers. Finally. Medical Marijuana for NFLers? Using Social Media for Background Checks? Now, new protocols are being considered that would allow the State Department and the Department of Homeland Security to add social media checks to all visa reviews.

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Philadelphia: When 'Ban the Box' Is 'Outside the Box'

EBI

JANUARY 7, 2016

Most of us are familiar with “Ban the Box.” In its original form, ban the box laws and ordinances were created to remove the criminal history question, and its attendant Yes/No box, from employment applications. Sometimes referred to as “Fair Chance Policies,” ban the box is designed to give applicants for employment exactly that – a fair chance for employment. Ban the box continues to spread.

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Who Hires Better? Man or Machine?

EBI

JANUARY 6, 2016

Are machines better than HR professionals when it comes to hiring the best employees? Regardless of your job position, you are probably thinking, “No way! You can’t replace the human touch when it comes to finding the best employees.” But the National Bureau of Economic Research (NEBR) says the machines win hands down. Each applicant was labeled green, yellow or red. Background Checks

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ClearCompany HRM

JANUARY 11, 2016

There is no shortage of metrics driving Quality of Hire today, which should be a good thing, but, like any other process, there are inefficiencies that waste time and resources. Talent Analytics Quality of Hire

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Grovo HR

JANUARY 12, 2016

David Bowie is gone. It chills me just to type. He was so…not human. How could he be dead? Facing the strange indeed. As I sifted through various articles about his passing, I saw all sorts of words used to describe him: rock star, artist, visionary, chameleon, and my personal favorite: weirdo. Doesn’t get any bigger. 1. Don’t wait for the next big thing. Become it. Do you? An alien?

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ATD Human Capital

JANUARY 18, 2016

One million Millennials enter the workforce each year, according to ATD research. What’s more, by 2020, 40 percent of the workforce will be composed of Millennials; this percentage will increase to 75 percent by 2025. Are your organization and talent development function prepared for the changes that come with this generation? Millennials Need Soft Skills Training.

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Employees at the front lines often have better ideas for innovation than others within the business, but when they walk out the door, they take those ideas with them. Want to innovate better and faster than the competition? You need to hold onto your best employees and the ideas they have. In this session we will explore how various pieces of the talent life cycle are related to retention and examine more than 20 strategies and ideas for improving retention outcomes for your business.

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UpstartHR

JANUARY 18, 2016

One of the benefits that has received growing attention in the last year is unlimited vacation time. It is positioned as the “ultimate” in paid time away from work, and many of the people who have read the news articles about the plans have wondered what it would be like to implement such a plan. I’m here to tell you: avoid the hype. Want to know what topped the list?

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Get Hppy

JANUARY 14, 2016

Whether you’re the CEO of a small startup, or the leader of a large company, employee engagement should be one of your priorities. In today’s fast-moving economy, having a well-performing workforce with a high retention rate is essential for business growth. How do you make engagement happen? What are the key engagement drivers in your team and how are managers influencing employee engagement?

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ATD Human Capital

JANUARY 13, 2016

Why should talent development professionals learn about neuroscience? Why should we study the workings of the brain and nervous system? Understanding the brain helps us explain why instructional design practices work. It helps us understand why people embrace change—or not—and why some leadership practices are more effective than others. Basic Brain Science. The U.S. Animals move.

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Visier

JANUARY 7, 2016

One fascinating source of information that the BLS publishes is known as JOLTS , or Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. There is a goldmine of information contained within that gives us insight ranging from the state of the economy to how hard it will likely be to make that next critical hire. And something exceedingly rare has just appeared. So what is the conclusion? And how many can we hire?

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Can you hear the collective groan when you launch that new compliance course? Do you get complaints both public and private from trainees about the uselessness of the training courses you've launched? Is there anything that can be done about it?

Linkage

JANUARY 25, 2016

Are you one of the millions of people around the world suffering from change fatigue? If so, you have plenty of company, and if you are a leader you are most likely struggling with how to overcome this phenomenon. As a matter of fact, according to the 2013 Katzenbach Center Survey on Culture and Change Management, 65% of employees globally are change fatigued. They are waiting for change to stop.

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ClearCompany HRM

JANUARY 4, 2016

Maintaining a competitive advantage in this marketplace can be challenging. Despite the booming HR tech industry and advances in HR management, bad hires, low performers and toxic employees somehow make their way onto the payroll and wreak havoc on company resources. That’s where. Quality of Hire. comes in, but defining the term and having the means to measure it don’t come easy. Quality of Hire

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What is Paul Thinking

JANUARY 14, 2016

This post is a redo of a post from a few years back (about 4 or 5 to be not-exact.) I decided to remix/repost based on a twitter conversation I had with @TrishMcFarlane and @AKABruno (aka Matt Stollack.). Trish said: “Interesting. Recognition makes me uncomfortable (personally) but validation is important to me. Wonder why?”. Today the idea of recognition is huge! Yet engagement numbers still lag.

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nettime solutions

JANUARY 21, 2016

Employees are what make, build and grow a business. Their success often directly equates to a business’ success. And success as we know it cannot occur without going through a few rounds of failures. It’s just a part of the growth cycle.

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Linkage

JANUARY 6, 2016

Ronald Heifetz, the father of adaptive leadership, made the observation that organizations and their leaders “feel pressure to solve problems quickly, to move to action.” We live and work in a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) world that demands our quick response. Additionally, Additionally, our culture is driven by winning and achieving financial success. Let me explain….

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RecognizeThis!

JANUARY 11, 2016

by Derek Irvine. Recognize This! — Employees who engage their authentic selves at work contribute to unparalleled employee and customer experiences. I was reading a recent Forbes article that discussed the distinction between employees’ authentic engagement versus scripted service in creating an unparalleled customer experience. Why is it so hard? How did you go about recognizing that moment?

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Laurie Ruettimann

JANUARY 19, 2016

Are you tired? Just about a month ago, I went to an all-day meeting with a bunch of people who are adults, parents and productive members of society. Everybody looked exhausted. scanned the room and saw nothing but droopy eyelids. The thirty-eight-year-old creative director was pounding Red Bull Total Zero®. Most of the women were drinking Diet Coke. Get your heart rate up during the day.

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TriNet

JANUARY 15, 2016

Guest post by Quill.com. Please also check out our previous post on scent aversions in the workplace. Stand at the door of your office. Are you looking at a clean and orderly workspace or a. Visit site for full story. Safety & Wellness in the Workplace clean workplace office organization

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Today’s workplace is characterized by chaotic forces—low employee engagement and productivity levels, and declining employee well being. HR Leaders have a critical role in defining the vision and strategy to transform and create a more productive and happy workplace.

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What is Paul Thinking

JANUARY 20, 2016

( Steve Boese posted today on how Netflix sees their real time data and the HR spin. It reminded me of the following slightly edited post I wrote back in February 2015 on a different blog. Enjoy this blast from the past.). Big data is all the rage. It has been seen on all the fashion runways related to tech and HR. If you aren’t wearing big data, you are soooo behind the times. Right? It won’t.

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Globoforce

JANUARY 14, 2016

The emotional cast of Pixar’s “Inside Out.” ” Type “emotion in the workplace” into Google search and you’ll get pages of how-to articles on managing your emotions—from the perils of crying at work to controlling your temper and other negative emotions. While these articles are well intentioned, there is more to the story on the role emotion plays at work. RELATED POSTS.

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Hoops

JANUARY 13, 2016

Hiring, like most areas of business, is about wins and losses. It’s about making the right decisions at the right times, eating the costs of wrong decisions and hopefully learning from them. Recruiters are always on the lookout for superstar hires that can make a difference from day one. But sometimes, great hires are overlooked. The next Kurt Warner is out there, it’s up to you to find him.

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Hoops

JANUARY 13, 2016

Hiring, like most areas of business, is about wins and losses. It’s about making the right decisions at the right times, eating the costs of wrong decisions and hopefully learning from them. Recruiters are always on the lookout for superstar hires that can make a difference from day one. But sometimes, great hires are overlooked. The next Kurt Warner is out there, it’s up to you to find him.

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Training and development professionals often bemoan the lack of apparent initiative in their trainees. Learning professionals spend huge sums of money creating or acquiring skill aligned libraries of learning content, only to watch almost helplessly as learners refuse to engage with any training available that isn’t mandatory.

ClearCompany HRM

JANUARY 18, 2016

Employee engagement, the vital organ to the workplace. Without it companies face many roadblocks. Those roadblocks? Higher turnover rates, lower productivity and more dissatisfied employees. shocking 60% of employees lack the elements needed to be highly engaged in the workplace. How do we harness the power of employee engagement for the better good of our workforce (and company)?

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TriNet

JANUARY 4, 2016

This post is part of the TriNet ongoing series about the Affordable Care Act and its effects on small business. Midsize companies can start 2016 with some welcome news from the government! The IRS. Visit site for full story. Affordable Care Act ACA

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ClearCompany HRM

JANUARY 28, 2016

Congratulations! You’ve been plastering the town with your resume, printing out copies until the guy at Kinko’s knows your name, and finally, you got a nibble. recruiter has reached out to you and your interview is scheduled for Monday. Candidate Interviews

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What is Paul Thinking

JANUARY 6, 2016

Looks like I’m going to try and channel my inner Steve Boese or my inner Kris Dunn and try to draw some connection between what’s going on in sports and what’s going on in the business world. First some backstory (not that you need it…). Today was no different. One of the stories in  USA Today was about the St. Louis Rams. The headline read, “Rams bash St. Their argument is they’ve been in St.

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Needed: A shift from traditional performance management systems (organized as an annual review process) to newer performance development systems (organized around real-time dynamics). Download part one in a series to gain insight into why this shift must happen and why it needs to happening now

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