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Criminal History and Discrimination: Assessing Applicants Properly

Accurate Background

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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Hiring biases and how to minimize them with background checks

Peopletrail

What are Hiring Biases? Ever heard of hiring biases? In the hiring process, inattentive bias happens when you form an impression of applicants based solely on first reactions. The United States of America strongly frowns upon all forms of discrimination, especially in the workplace. Create a clear job description.

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The Hot Potatoes Of Social Screening

TalentCulture

And, because of the industry I’m in and the perspective I usually take, I imagined if I were an employer looking at public candidate profiles across social and professional networks as part of my pre-employment screening process, finding these horrible hot potatoes along the way. We Google them and more, right?

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

Cisive

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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Top 10 Global Talent Management & Employment Screening Blogs from 2021

Cisive

Employers across the globe have continued to evolve with an ever-changing hiring landscape, including permanent remote work structures, contact tracing , and new onboarding and training practices. . Otherwise, if things go wrong due to a bad hire, the blame may likely fall on you. . Happy New Year! .

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Improve your labor law compliance for 2020

BerniePortal

This law applies to applicants and to employees of private employers, state and local governments, educational institutions, employment agencies and labor organizations. The law defines various aspects of protection against discrimination in both hiring and employment practices. Download "EEO is the Law" Poster.

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The Rise of Social Media Screening in a Changing Hiring Process

Sterling Check

The rise in activity on social media paired with the new normal of interviewing and hiring from a distance, there are implications on the hiring process that have been brought to the forefront. We sat down with Ken Schnee and Ben Mones to discuss the impact of social media on the hiring process and trends effecting the screening world.