August 9, 2010

Contingent Workers Pose Security Gap for Many Companies

A recent article by Talent Management revealed a significant security gap in many organizations’ employment screening programs. As companies increasingly turn to contingent workers (temps, contractors, vendor and partner employees) to fulfill their workforce needs, their exposure to risk could be increasing, since many organizations do not perform background checks on temporary workers. According to the 2010 HireRight Employment Screening Benchmarking Report, only about 35 percent of organizations screen their contingent workforce, rep...


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July 26, 2010

5 Tips to Tighten Your Background Checking Program

Over the course of the last decade, employment background checking has grown to be a generally standard practice for nearly all large and mid-size companies and many small businesses. Recently, however, especially amid high unemployment and a competitive job market, new government legislation and regulations have emerged that have introduced new complexities and implications into the process. As a result, employers are striving to balance between addressing the risks of a bad hire, workplace safety and security liabilities, and negligent hiring la...


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June 1, 2010

6 Best Practices in Extended Workforce Background Screening

Previously we explored why a process for background screening vendors and contractors is important, and we worked through some of the most common roadblocks to a streamlined program. Now we will delve into best practices that have been gleaned from thriving extended workforce screening programs. We have already discussed getting a policy in place to determine who you will background screen, and what you will background check for, and then implementing this consistently. Given that implementation is likely the most challenging step in ro...


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