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2022 Was Another Record Year for HR Tech: See 20+ M&A Activities that Shaped the Market

Lighthouse

Last year one of our most popular posts on the blog was a recap of some of the 2021 M&A activities across the HR Tech landscape. We saw some of this in 2021, more in 2022, and we expect it to continue into 2023. Checkr, one of the biggest names in modern background check platforms, scooped up GoodHire.

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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 Tech Companies Can Navigate “The Great Resignation”

Sterling Check

According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics , more than 38 million US workers quit their jobs from during 2021. Perhaps even more worrying, 40% of employees in computer and IT fields have either already quit or plan to leave their jobs by the end of 2021. Resignations in tech are the highest of any industry — up 4.5% year over year.

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Select the Best Candidate Faster: Employment Background Checks

HR Bartender

One of the things that’s amazing to me about the hiring process is that organizations will spend hours screening, interviewing and discussing candidates, but when it comes time to make a final decision, they rush it. One of the steps in the hiring process organizations should take a look at is employment background checks.

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What types of companies use temporary staffing agencies?

Bullhorn Blog

Companies that use temporary staffing are more common than you might think; wherever there’s a need for talent—and if you haven’t heard, there is, these days —there’s a need for temporary staffing. Altogether, the largest light industrial companies generated at least $32.7 billion to $68.7

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5 Actions to Take Today to Cope With the Great Resignation

Sterling Check

The Great Resignation”, also known as “the Big Quit”, refers to the historic uptick in the number of employees voluntarily leaving their jobs, a trend first seen in 2021. After bottoming out in April 2021 , the resignation rate quickly rebounded to pre-pandemic levels and then reached new heights (at about 3%) that continue today.

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7 Compliance Questions That Keep HR Professionals Up at Night

Sterling Check

Consider the slew of ban-the-box, fair chance hiring laws, and restrictions on the type of information you can consider in background checks. 1598, also referred to as the Workforce Justice Act of 2021, would give states three years to extend ban-the-box requirements to private sector employers.