In the past year, many companies have seen their workforce’s grow. Unemployment rates continue to decrease as we enter the New Year, which means continued competition to hire top talent. Acknowledging changes and challenges to the employment landscape are key to making sure that your workforce grows successfully in 2016.
Today, drug-free workplace initiatives and drug testing programs are commonplace, but are these programs outdated and stuck in the past?
Workplace drug testing began in the 1980s and has been evolving ever since. But many employers haven’t kept up with the changes and have not evolved their programs to address today’s drug screening challenges.
Let’s take a look at drug testing then and now.
Relax, it’s not all bad. Mostly, they’re curious. Well, maybe there are a few harsh words aimed at you, but mostly confusion and disappointment. But as they say, it’s all good.
The unrelenting proliferation of technology suggests that hiring managers, recruiters and background checking companies need to become more technically savvy for a variety of reasons.
A principal one among them may be that doing so is crucial for best reaching and attracting the Millennial generation.
Needless to say, winter is an important time of the year for the retail industry.
This is, of course, reflected by data from US Bureau of Labor Statistics, showing a sharp annual spike in hiring temporary labor.
Making predictions about interesting screening trends for the next year is one of my most fun year-end activities, just marginally less exciting than the plethora of holiday festivities and family gatherings that are about to be unleashed.
With a customer base of tens of thousands of organizations, we at HireRight like to think that we have a fairly keen sense for the trends that are happening in recruiting generally, and background screening in particular.
In 2016, we believe a number of existing screening trends will continue to accelerate:
