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6 Top Trends in Employment and Identity Screening

Sterling Check

Amid the uncertainty and disruption of 2020 and 2021, Sterling provided background screening and identity verification, as well as Covid testing and a host of other services, to thousands of organizations, staffing firms, and professionals across the globe, helping them hire safely, quickly, and with attention to compliance.

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How Resume & Employment Verification Protects Employers

Cisive

Resume fraud is a global problem that affects employers, the gig economy, and volunteer agencies whether they are screening in the U.S., screening people with history outside of the home country, or screening outside of the U.S. A recent incident of resume fraud in the U.K.

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How Tech Companies Can Navigate “The Great Resignation”

Sterling Check

After several years of near-full employment, hiring freezes and downsizing swept the nation in 2020. The current labor shortage puts candidates in the driver’s seat, but this is no time to cut corners when it comes to critical hiring practices like identity verification and comprehensive background screening. year over year.

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Employer Strategies for Successfully Hiring Justice Involved Job Candidates

ExactHire

Reliable Checks – working with reputable background checking agencies to make sure the data you use to make decisions about a candidate’s suitability for employment is sound. After all, they haven’t been sufficiently motivated to do so. Better job candidate flow.

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How Often Should You Review Your Background Screening Policy?

Cisive

2020 was an unprecedented year reminding us how rapidly change can affect the workplace. On the employment background screening front, employers must ensure these changes are reflected in their screening policies. What Aspects of Your Background Screening Policy Should You Review? 1) Types of screening.

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Optimizing Background Screening Through a Tech-Enabled Service Provider

Precheck

Optimizing Background Screening Through a Tech-Enabled Service Provider Mar. Part of delivering on that imperative is conducting background checks on your new hires. Employers rank background screenings high in importance, but 62% said the biggest challenge is how long it takes to get results. Here’s how.

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New State Court Rules May Pose Challenges for Background Screening

Cisive

This can help shield individual members of the public from undue invasions of privacy, however background checks are likely to become more complicated, time-consuming, and well beyond the capacity of most employers. What is Personally Identifiable Information (PII)? State Court Rules That Restrict Use of PII.