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How Can the Improper Use of Background Checks Could Get You Sued?

Crimcheck | Pre-Employment & Background Check Information

Original Post: 3-15-16 Updated Post: 4-29-16 Updated Post: 7-18-16 Updated Post: 10-23-16 Updated Post: 4-4-17 In April 2015, the staffing industry and others were rocked by the news that retail giant Amazon had been hit with a proposed class action lawsuit. When the background check returned a criminal record, the company fired him.

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Staffing Companies Beware: Improper Use Of Background Checks Could Get You Sued

Crimcheck | Pre-Employment & Background Check Information

In April 2015, the staffing industry and others were rocked by the news that retail giant Amazon had been hit with a proposed class action lawsuit. The company was accused of wrongly using background checks when making hiring decisions. When the background check returned a criminal record, the company fired him.

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Recruiting Best Practices for Social Professional Networks

Spark Hire

Social recruiting continues to be a huge trend within the staffing industry. In the past 4 years, utilization of these networks have increased by 73 percent making them the fastest-growing global source of quality hires. Appropriate profile pictures for these sites have a plain, neutral background. How did this person find me?

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Tactics for Effortless High Volume Hiring

LiveHire

The key challenge faced by recruitment leaders when running high volume hiring campaigns is that scale often equals long lead times, poor candidate experiences or costly decisions to outsource hiring to specialist recruitment agencies. What is High Volume Hiring (HVH)? Reducing time to hire is key.

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How Disheartened Staffing Pros Finally Achieve Interview Experience Consistency

Spark Hire

Avoiding bad hires for your client is your main professional objective. In fact, a 2015 Brandon Hall Group survey found that 69 percent of companies blame a broken interview process for letting bad hires get through. Longer hiring times. However, differences at any step of the hiring process can lead to delays.

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3 Considerations When Social Media Screening in Asia Pacific

Cisive

Nowadays many employers are relying on background screening firms or their in-house HR professionals to conduct online social media searches to learn more about their candidates. Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram and several other platforms are among the commonly screened social media sites.

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NRSS Study Has Been Released

General Information Services

The National Retail Security Survey (NRSS) is an annual publication that aggregates information from retail sources across the industry. For example, the number of companies reporting inventory shrink accounting for 2% or more of all sales was 26.1% For more information on the database, visit [link].