Background Checks
Investigation Reveals Some Child Care Workers in Florida Not Background Checked
By admin at 21 July, 2010, 3:40 pm
By Thomas Ahern, ESR News Staff Writer
A story in the Daytona Beach (FL) News-Journal reveals that an ongoing investigation into Florida’s local child care licensing office found that some local child care facilities have not been implementing criminal background checks on all child care employees.
According to the News-Journal, files in over 100 child care centers [...]
Kentucky Case Uncovers Holes in Background Checks for Nursing Home Employees
By admin at 20 July, 2010, 11:10 am
by Thomas Ahearn, ESR News Staff Writer
A case against a Kentucky nursing home may reveal holes in laws meant to protect nursing home residents since the state only requires criminal background checks for employees caring directly for nursing home residents but not background checks for nursing home support staff like maintenance workers.
According to a story [...]
More Colleges and Universities Considering Student Background Checks
By admin at 15 July, 2010, 12:01 pm
By Thomas Ahearn, ESR news Staff Writer
In an effort to help ensure campus safety, higher educational institutions across the country are starting to consider conducting criminal background checks on both applicants and admitted students, according to a recent article on USAToday.com.
As an example, USAToday.com reports that following the murder of a student at the University [...]
Can Recruiters or Employers Rely on Business Connecting Sites Instead of Background Checks?
By admin at 14 July, 2010, 2:19 pm
By Lester Rosen, President of ESR
(Originally posted on HR.Toolbox.com)
From the mailbag: I have heard the argument made that using business connections sites is more accurate than resumes and can even replace a past employment check, since a candidate is not as likely to lie on an online service where many friends and colleagues may see [...]
Oregon Issues New Rules on Use of Credit History for Employment Decisions
By admin at 12 July, 2010, 1:57 pm
By Lester Rosen, President of ESR, & Thomas Ahearn, ESR News Staff Writer
As noted previously on ESR, the state of Oregon recently passed a law preventing most employers from using the credit histories of job applicants or employees for employment-related decisions by prohibiting an employer from using credit history for employment purposes unless that credit [...]
The Dangers of Do-It-Yourself Background Checks
By admin at 6 July, 2010, 10:50 am
By Lester Rosen, President of ESR
(Originally Posted on Toolbox for HR)
From the mailbox: Why shouldn’t employers simply do their own background checks in-house? They can hire people from the screening industry and can certainly figure it out.
Answer: First, the fact that a firm may be able to set up an internal screening program does not [...]
Recruiting Russian Roulette: Why Every Placement Has the Potential to Put You Out of Business
By admin at 30 June, 2010, 4:44 pm
By Lester Rosen, President of ESR
(Originally Published on HR.Toolbox.com)
It’s a sobering thought, but every time a recruiting professional makes a placement, there is the possibility that new hire can put them out of business.
Why? Because if a dangerous, unqualified, unfit, or dishonest candidate is placed in a job – and harm occurs, the hiring firm [...]
How Recruiters Can Speed up the Background Check Process
By admin at 29 June, 2010, 10:38 am
By Lester Rosen, President of ESR
(Originally published on HR.com)
Part of the on boarding process for most in-house recruiters is the completion of the pre-employment background check. The challenge for in-house recruiters is that they are typically under intense time pressure to complete the hiring process quickly and to get the new person started. On the [...]
Kroll to Be Sold by Marsh & McLennan to Altegrity
By admin at 25 June, 2010, 11:32 am
By Thomas Ahearn, ESR News Staff Writer
According to a report by the Wall Street Journal on WSJ.com, insurance conglomerate Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. has agreed to sell its corporate-intelligence unit Kroll to global security firm Altegrity Inc. for $1.13 billion.
Altegrity started in 1996 as U.S. Investigations Services (U.S.I.S.) when the government privatized the business [...]
Employment Screening Expert Lester Rosen to Present Session on Background Checks at SHRM Annual Conference
By admin at 23 June, 2010, 10:48 am
By ESR News Staff
Employment Screening Expert Lester Rosen, President of Employment Screening Resources (ESR), a leading employment screening firm headquartered in the San Francisco area, will present a session on background checks at the SHRM Annual Conference and Exhibition on June 30, 2010, in San Diego, California.
The annual event – the world’s largest human resources conference [...]