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Dos & Don’ts of Screening Your Candidates Online

TalentCulture

First, let’s take a look at how many in HR say that they use social media in the hiring process. Even with legal dangers overhead, some employers feel that using social media gives them another powerful tool to protect their interests, especially when it comes to hiring the right kinds of people and building an effective workforce.

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Americans Much in Favor of Background Checks

HRExecutive

The study (registration required) was commissioned by Sterling Talent Solutions, the entity created from the recent acquisition by SterlingBackcheck of EmployeeScreenIQ. Kelton Global conducted the research.).

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The Prevalence and the Practice of Social Media Screening—The Dos and Don’ts

HR Daily Advisor

Today, Morris, who is president of EmployeeScreenIQ of Cleveland, Ohio, reveals his tips for social media screening. According to EmployeeScreenIQ’s Survey, about 63% of organizations do not; about 30% do the searches internally; and about 7.5% Social media, tech, and metrics—all hot spots for the modern HR professional.

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Credentials? Sure, I Have Three Degrees (Wink, Wink)

HR Daily Advisor

Morris, who is president of EmployeeScreenIQ in Cleveland, Ohio, started his discussion of background checking with a review of his degrees. Read the latest HR Daily Advisor research when you purchase HR Metrics Best Practices and receive our HR Technology Trends premium report free of charge. Recruiters beware!

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WIRTW #347 (the “bad santa” edition)

Ohio Employer's Law

3 Things GCs Should Watch For — via In House HR & Employee Relations The One Where Evil HR Lady Gets Fired — via Evil HR Lady, Suzanne Lucas Are old ways of treating employees coming back? —

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WIRTW #356 (the “rock hall” edition)

Ohio Employer's Law

Here’s the rest of what I read this week: Discrimination Sexual Harassment: Boys and Thrones — via Heather Bussing at HR Examiner with John Sumser What Sexual Harassment at Work Really Looks Like — via Cosmopolitan Nobody Discriminates Like Sara Lee? —

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WIRTW #349 (the “Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, y’all” edition)

Ohio Employer's Law

— via Employment Law Lookout Anti-discrimination training: How to harm when you’re trying to help — via HR Cafe Six Geese a Laying … And How Not to Get Your Goose Cooked With a Pregnancy Discrimination Claim — via All in a Day’s Work Is alcoholism considered a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)? — what I''m reading'