September 14, 2009

Four Essential Background Screening Metrics

You can't manage what you can't measure. It's an old management saying that may hold even more value in today's hectic "do more with less" workplace. In order to stretch your resources farther, you must eliminate any procedures that duplicate efforts or cause breakdown in the intended system. By tracking and analyzing various trends in your background screening program, you'll know more and be able to identify existing problem areas that are worth addressing. Once addressed, you'll be on your way to measured succe...


Click Here to Read More

September 8, 2009

The Value of a Background Screening Policy

It is the responsibility of every organization to provide a safe and secure environment for its employees and extended workforce. One critical step in this process is a written employment screening policy which outlines the organization's standard background screening procedures. This policy may reside within your corporate security policy or stand alone. If you do not already have one, sitting down to construct a written policy can provide your organization with much needed value. In fact, one could argue that you really don't have a...


Click Here to Read More

August 31, 2009

How to Avoid Six Common Errors in Background Screening

Employment background screening has become an extension of the HR function. In fact, more than eighty percent of large companies in the U.S. now perform criminal background checks on all new hires and most companies are expanding their efforts to include checks of employment history, education verification, credit history check, driving histories and more employment background screening services. Background checking is so much a part of the corporate mainstream that it is now integrated into e-recruiting software so that HR pros can initiate check...


Click Here to Read More