Three signs your business needs a pre-employment screening company

Pre-employment screening tests include cognitive tests, personality tests, skills tests, and background checks (such as credit checks, drug screening, education verification and reference checks). With such a high percentage of employers performing background screening on job candidates, those that aren’t are putting themselves at a significant disadvantage. If that’s you, consider the following signs as…

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Texas bill to require drug screening for welfare recipients

NBC News, a new bill was moved forward that, if implemented, will require welfare applicants to submit to drug testing. Senator Jane Nelson authorized the bill which has already been approved by the state senate’s Health and Human Services Committee. If passed by the full senate, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) applicants will be…

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GOP lawmaker seeks background checks on candidates

The proposal by the House Minority Leader comes as legislators consider a bill expanding criminal background checks for gun purchases to include most private sales. Short says his bill has been under consideration for several weeks and that the timing of its announcement Friday – just one day after the House passed the gun background…

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