employment screening

Due Diligence Checklist Employers Can Use for Employment Screening Process

By Lester Rosen, ESR President
The following ‘Due Diligence Checklist’ contains questions employers can use to find out if an employment screening company is utilizing due diligence in its employment screening process. A .PDF version of this ‘Due Diligence Checklist’ that employers can download and print is located at http://www.esrcheck.com/docs/Due-Diligence-22.pdf.

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Recruiting Russian Roulette: Why Every Placement Has the Potential to Put You Out of Business

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 [...]

DOT Launches Pre-Employment Screening Program for Commercial Motor Carriers and Drivers

By Thomas Ahearn, ESR Staff Writer
Citing safety as its highest priority, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has launched a Pre-Employment Screening Program (PSP) which allows commercial motor carrier companies to electronically access driver inspection and crash records as a part of the hiring process.
According to a DOT news [...]

Alleged Crime by Census Worker Casts Spotlight on Government Background Checks

By Thomas Ahearn, ESR Staff Writer
In the wake of a census worker being accused of assaulting a young disabled woman in southern Indiana, questions have arisen about security issues surrounding the government background checks of the thousands of workers for the once-in-a-decade U.S. Census.
According to a report on the WRTV Indianapolis News website, the mother [...]

NFL Teams Use Background Checks to Help Draft College Football Players as New Employees

By Thomas Ahearn, ESR Staff Writer
It is not uncommon for employers these days to use pre-employment background checks to help them hire new employees. Recent surveys from the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) revealed approximately 75% of employers – three out of four – used background checks during their pre-employment screening of job applicants.
But [...]

Social Media Employment Screening

The seven most common employer concerns about background checks

Even with all of the advantages of a screening program, many employers still have questions and concerns about implementing background checks.  These are the seven most commons concerns that employers express:
Is it legal?
Employers have an absolute right to conduct lawful pre-employment screening in order to hire the best-qualified candidates. A federal law called the Fair Credit [...]

Genuine Fake Diplomas on the Rise

Getting a college diploma apparently no longer requires years of hard work, taking tests, paying tuition or even reading a book. Why bother going though the formalities when all a person needs is a credit card and a web browser in order to buy an authentic looking diploma that mimics real colleges, universities and even high [...]

Employment Screening Resources (ESR) Releases New Resource Center for “All Things Background Checks”

Employment Screening Resources (ESR), a leading national employment screening firm announced today the release of a Resource Center on its web site, containing “All Things Background Checks.” 
The new feature is intended to provide one  centralized location for ESR clients to keep current on the critical task of hiring a workforce that is safe and effective.  The [...]

Bringing teacher misconduct to light

Indiana education officials and several Republican lawmakers are proposing changes to state law that would ensure school districts cannot keep records secret when they think teachers have committed misconduct.