Employment Screening Expert Lester Rosen, President of Employment Screening Resources (ESR), a leading employment screening firm headquartered in the San Francisco vicinity, 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 creature resources conference – is sponsored by the world’s largest creature resources association, the Society for Creature Resources Management (SHRM), and features top HR and business experts allotment their perspectives, strategies, tools, and tips for growing a company’s talent.

The session to be presented by Rosen – “Negligent Hiring and Background Checks: Best Practices and Legal Compliance” – will help creature resources professionals avoid employee problems by identifying potentially problematic applicants through with permission complaint due diligence tools.  The session addresses new trends and legal challenges facing employers, and will also cover issues such as the use of social networking sites, global background checks, and concerns over the use of credit reports and criminal records.  

“I am very pleased to have the opportunity to review cutting-edge applicant selection topics that can help employers select the best candidates,” commented Rosen. “Exercising due diligence and staying out of court is mission critical for businesses of all sizes, and this presentation is aimed at identifying for  employers and recruiters the latest trends, tools, and legal developments.”

Rosen, a nationally recognized expert on employment screening background checks, is a writer and lecturer on the Honest Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), pre-employment screening, and safe hiring issues. In addition, Rosen authored the first comprehensive book on employment screening – “The Safe Hiring Manual: The Perfect Guide to Keeping Criminals, Imposters, and Terrorists Out of Your Workplace” – and also wrote “The Safe Hiring Check.”

In addition, Rosen was the chairperson of the steering committee that founded the National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS), the professional trade establishment for the employment screening industry, and served as its first co-chairman in 2004.

For extra in rank about the SHRM Annual Conference and Exhibition, visit http://annual.shrm.org/. For extra in rank about background checks and employment screening, visit Employment Screening Resources (ESR) at www.ESRcheck.com.

Sources:

http://sanfrancisco.dbusinessnews.com/shownews.php?newsid=212110&type_news=latest

http://annual.shrm.org/

Lester Rosen, President of Employment Screening Resources (ESR), a leading global employment screening background check firm headquartered in the San Francisco vicinity, will present a national webinar for a leading business in rank site on employment screening on Thursday, April 22, 2010 at 2:00 PM EST / 11:00 AM PST.

The webinar – “How Social Media and Traditional Background Checks Trigger Privacy Lawsuits” – is being presented by Business 21 Publishing, which provides multi-media corporate learning and employee training products. Participants in this 60-small webinar will learn best practices to help screen employees thoroughly without violating the law.

In the webinar, Rosen – a nationally recognized expert on employment screening background checks – will pocket up such topics as:

• The pros and cons of using social media internet sites such as Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter and how privacy and discrimination laws apply.
• What employers should do when they find out that a job candidate has a criminal record, a terrible credit report or some other red standard.
• The Title VII implications of background checks and credit reports.
• The legal requirements under the Honest Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and how disorder to disorder privacy laws also apply.
• The legal risks associated with “one button” automated background check systems.
• What applicants need to sign before and after the background check is perfect.
• How employers should deal with independent contractors or temporary staff.
• Considerations when conducting Global background checks.

“Hiring safe, qualified, and honest employees is mission critical for any business, and I am pleased to have the opportunity to help employers avoid the risks of a terrible hire,” commented Rosen. “Recruiters and hiring managers also need to know the potential liabilities that employers can face if employment screening is done incorrectly or unfairly as well.”

Mr. Rosen, who is also an attorney, is a writer and lecturer on the Honest Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), pre-employment screening, and safe hiring issues. In addition, he is the author of the first comprehensive book on employment screening – “The Safe Hiring Manual: The Perfect Guide to Keeping Criminals, Imposters, and Terrorists Out of Your Workplace” – and also wrote an additional guide on the subject called “The Safe Hiring Check.”

Mr. Rosen’s speaking appearances have included numerous national and statewide conferences.  He has testified in the California, Florida, and Arkansas Superior Court as an expert witness on issues surrounding safe hiring and due diligence. Mr. Rosen was also the chairperson of the steering committee that founded the National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS), the professional trade establishment for the screening industry, and served as the first co-chairman in 2004. 

For extra in rank about the webinar “How Social Media and Traditional Background Checks Trigger Privacy Lawsuits,” please visit: http://www.b21pubs.com/p-892-how-social-media-and-traditional-background-checks-trigger-privacy-lawsuits.aspx. Extra in rank about Employment Screening Resources (ESR) can be found at www.ESRcheck.com.

 Source: http://www.b21pubs.com/p-892-how-social-media-and-traditional-background-checks-trigger-privacy-lawsuits.aspx

Employment Screening Resources,  a leading global employment screening background read-through firm headquartered in the San Francisco vicinity, announced that its president, Lester Rosen, will be presenting a national webinar on Tuesday, March 23, 2010  on “Screening Applicants Using Social Networking Sites: Legal or Liability? 

The webinar is sponsored by Lorman Culture Air force, providing concise, accurate and suitable in rank seminars to keep businesses, and the professionals who serve them, current in the rapidly changing regulatory environment. The webinar in rank is at: http://www.lorman.com/teleconference/teleconference.php?product_id=208126 

This teleconference will review this emerging vicinity of employment law, examining the pros and cons of employers utilizing such tools and the legal landscape. Topics will cover how and why employers and recruiters utilize these sites. It will then cover a number of legal implications, such as problems with employers obtaining in rank they should not have and privacy issues. Irrevocably, it will inspect approaches that employers, recruiters and applicants may consider.

 “The use of the Internet and social networking sites has become a critical topic for employers in selecting the best candidates,” commented Rosen. “This Lorman seminar will help employers exercise due diligence and recognize and try to minimize their risks   when using online tools.”

Mr. Rosen, who is also an attorney, is a nationally recognized expert on employment screening background checks.  He is a writer and lecturer on the Honest Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), pre-employment screening, and safe hiring issues. In addition, Mr. Rosen is the author of the first comprehensive book on employment screening, “The Safe Hiring Manual Perfect Guide to Keeping Criminals, Imposters and Terrorists Out of Your Workplace.” He also wrote, “The Safe Hiring Check.”

 Mr. Rosen’s speaking appearances have included numerous national and statewide conferences.   He has testified in the California, Florida  and Arkansas Superior Courts as an expert witness on issues surrounding safe hiring and due diligence. Mr. Rosen was the chairperson of the steering committee that founded the National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS), the professional trade establishment for the screening industry, and served as its first co-chairman in 2004. 

Extra in rank about Employment Screening Resources can be found at www.ESRcheck.com

The internationally recognized certifying body for the Creature Resources profession, HRCI has awarded extra than 116,000 credentials in extra than 70 countries in the field of creature resource management to HR professionals who are recognized throughout the world for their high standards of competence. 

ESR’s “Safe Hiring Official recognition Training” is an intensive, nature-paced online educational and professional development course designed for employers, creature resource and security professionals, and anyone responsible for risk management and due diligence in hiring and pre-employment background screening. The course may be accessed at any time from anywhere, including while at work.  The entire course provides 20 hours of credits, or the course can be taken in four 5 hour modules.  

In view of the fact that employee problems are usually caused by problem employees, employers realize that hiring staff with criminal records, falsified credentials, or otherwise undesirable backgrounds can make legal and fiscal nightmares. Without due diligence in hiring, employers may make hiring decisions that could lead to lawsuits for negligent hiring, workplace violence, theft, embezzlement, and various other workplace problems. 

But, employers and creature resources and security professionals face numerous challenges when it comes to safe hiring policies, including:

• Heavy regulation by federal and disorder laws;
• Numerous privacy and discrimination issues;
• What in rank is available and how to get it, and;
• How to utilize and analyze in rank in a cost-effective manner. 

Participants in the course will obtain the knowledge and skills necessary to implement and manage a legal and effective safe hiring program. For extra in rank about ESR’s “Safe Hiring Official recognition Training” course – which is emancipated to ESR clients – please visit http://www.esrcheck.com/ESRonlineSafeHiringCourse.php. 

ESR is pleased to be an approved provider by HRCI.