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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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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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‘Tis the Season: A Guide to Seasonal Recruiting

Netchex HR Blog

Tips for more successful seasonal hiring: In November 2022, the retail industry filled 256,700 seasonal jobs, the lowest level since 2008 , a decline of 26% from 2021. Improve efficiency with software for remote onboarding and an Applicant Tracking System (ATS). Don’t skip background checks or references for seasonal workers.

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An Update on I-9 and E-Verify Requirements in a COVID Environment

Accurate Background

Here we look at how things have changed and the steps you should take to continue effectively and efficiently onboarding employees. E-Verify is an online database that electronically confirms employees’ eligibility to work in the US by matching their I-9s to Social Security and Department of Homeland Security information.

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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. A new resolution, H.R.

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Top 5 Reasons Why Hiring Should Start with Identity Verification

Sterling Check

Before you can realize the benefits, however, you need to know with confidence that the candidates you’re engaged with are who they say they are, and that their biographical information is complete and correct. Reason #1: Clean and Accurate Candidate Information is Critical to the Background Screen.