More Colleges and Universities Considering Student Background Checks
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 [...]
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Can Recruiters or Employers Rely on Business Connecting Sites Instead of Background Checks?
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 [...]
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May 2010 Employment Report Shows 431,000 Jobs Added But Mostly Temporary Work for Census
By Thomas Ahearn, ESR Staff Writer The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that employment grew by 431,000 jobs in May, but that number was mostly due to the hiring of 411,000 temporary census workers for the once-in-a-decade Census 2010. According to ‘THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION — MAY 2010,’ private-sector employment changed little, with 41,000 jobs being [...]
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University To Perform Background Checks On Students Following Tragic Death of Student
By Thomas Ahearn, ESR Staff Writer According to reports from HuffingtonPost.com and the Washington Post, the University of Virginia will perform background checks on all students at the school following the alleged murder of a 22-year-old female student and lacrosse player, possibly at the hands of her former boyfriend, a 22-year-old fellow student who was also [...]
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April 2010 Jobs Report Shows Highest Labor Force Increase in Four Years
By Thomas Ahearn, ESR Staff Writer In yet another possible sign that the ‘Great Recession’ may be ending and that the ‘Great Recovery’ has begun, U.S. employers added significantly more jobs to payrolls in April, the largest number of jobs added to the labor force since March 2006. The economy has now added jobs in five [...]
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Credit Reporting Agency Fights to Preserve Use of Credit Checks during Employment Background Checks
By Lester Rosen, President of ESR & Thomas Ahearn, ESR Staff Writer With 15 million workers currently unemployed according to recent Department of Labor statistics, it has been argued that job applicants risk getting caught in a “Catch-22” situation where they have bad credit because they cannot get jobs but cannot get jobs because they have [...]
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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 [...]
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Discrimination Lawsuit Shows Importance of Employer Policy on the Use of Criminal Records During Background Checks
By Thomas Ahearn, ESR Staff Writer A recently filed class action lawsuit – which alleges that one of the largest management consulting firms in the world conducted background checks that discriminated against African-Americans and Latinos – underscores the importance of employers understanding the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) policy regarding the use of criminal records [...]
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DOL March 2010 Jobs Report Shows Economy Posted Strongest Job Gains of Past Three Years
By Thomas Ahearn, ESR Staff Writer Possibly a sign that the down economy may finally be looking up, the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that U.S. payrolls posted their strongest monthly job gains of the past three years in March of 2010. The Labor Department’s report – Employment Situation Summary, March 2010 [...]
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Study Finds Identity Theft and Fraud Increased 12 Percent in 2009, Affecting Over 11 Million Americans
By Thomas Ahearn, ESR Staff Writer As further proof that identity theft and fraud is a fast-growing crime that shows no sign of slowing down, a recent survey found that the number of identity theft and fraud victims in the United States increased 12 percent to affect 11.1 million adults in 2009, while the total annual [...]
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