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Criminal History and Discrimination: Assessing Applicants Properly

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Two trends relating to best practices for hiring are on the rise in 2021. First, more firms are using employment background screenings, including criminal history record checks , to protect their organizations from potential risk. The key to achieving those goals fairly comes down to having a solid screening policy.

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Top 10 Global Talent Management & Employment Screening Blogs from 2021

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In 2022, Cisive and its family of companies will continue to provide up-to-date solutions, resources, and expertise to equip employers with all the tools needed to navigate the road ahead. As you review your company’s initiatives, here are Cisive’s top 10 global talent management and employment screening articles from 2021.

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Tools for HR to Stay Compliant with Labor Laws for 2021 | BerniePortal

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) enforces federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against prospective and current employees. These laws apply to applicants and to employees of private employers, state and local governments, educational institutions, employment agencies, and labor organizations.

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What Happens When a Candidate Background Check Reveals a Criminal Record?

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For Cisive’s most recent benchmark report, Cisive Insights: Talent Screening Trends 2021 , Cisive surveyed more than 1,500 human resources, talent acquisition, compliance, and recruitment professionals worldwide to get a big picture view of the talent screening landscape during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The Rise of Social Media Screening in a Changing Hiring Process

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As a social media screening company, we’re searching publicly available information on people instead, really allowing hiring managers to bring insights from the public web into their pre-employment screening workflow. Q: It seems like social media screening is rapidly growing in 2021. Why is that?

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Top 10 US Talent Management & Employment Screening Blogs from 2021

Cisive

talent management and employment screening articles from 2021. 2021 State Drug Testing Law Updates for Employers. The web of workplace drug and alcohol testing compliance continues to grow and has become increasingly impactful to employers. Below is a summary of the changes as of May 1st, 2021.

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Background Check Compliance: 2020’s Year In Review

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And while many aspects of work changed in 2020 due to the impact of the global pandemic , one aspect that has remained constant is that your pre-employment screening program has to comply with relevant laws in order to satisfy well-established tenets of privacy, consumer protection, and anti-discrimination.