employment checks
How to verify a potential employee’s work history
Find a Service The first step in conducting any form on pre-employment screening, such as a background check, is to choose the service with whom you’ll be working. Wouldn’t simply calling a candidate’s references be easier than hiring a service? Perhaps, but if you do, you run the risk of contacting someone who may have…
Read MoreEmployment Screening: A look back at 2013
a tradition on this blog, as we come to the end of another year we’d like to take the opportunity to look back on the last twelve months – both for Mind Your Business, Inc. and for the employment screening industry as a whole. There have been some significant political and economic issues in 2013…
Read MoreIowa joins program connecting DMV information to E-Verify
Records and Information from DMVs for the Iowa E-Verify (RIDE) program, joining Florida, Idaho, and Mississippi. RIDE enhances Iowa E-Verify submissions and helps to reduce document fraud by verifying driver’s license and ID card information against state records. RIDE automates motor vehicle document verification between Motor Vehicle Agencies (MVAs) and the United States Citizenship and…
Read MoreCertegy Check Services to pay $3.5 Million for alleged violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act
FTC’s complaint alleges, among other things, that Certegy did not follow proper dispute procedures. The complaint further alleges that Certegy failed to follow reasonable procedures to assure maximum possible accuracy of the information it provided to its merchant clients, as required by the FCRA. “Inaccurate information in a consumer reporting agency’s file can have a…
Read MoreEEOC offers guidance on criminal background checks
said at a July 17 workshop. In fact, just last month the EEOC filed lawsuits against two employers alleging they violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act by implementing and utilizing a criminal background check policy that resulted in employees being fired or screened out for employment. At the workshop, Wilburn said EEOC views…
Read MoreNSA leaks raise concerns on background checks
195,000 new US jobs in June according to Bureau of Labor Statistics
according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Specifically, the June 2013 Employment Situation Report found: Leisure and hospitality employment added 75,000 jobs in June 2013 and this industry has averaged 55,000 jobs per month so far in 2013, almost twice the average gain of 30,000 jobs per month in 2012.…
Read More10 vital steps to hiring a great team
Hiring the right employee, however, pays you back in employee productivity, a successful employment relationship, and a positive impact on your total work environment and – ultimately – your profits. Here are our ten vital steps to hiring a great team: 1. Understand your needs The first step is the most important step towards a…
Read MoreSenate bill would make E-Verify mandatory
summary of the bill, S. 744 would phase in the requirement for the mandatory use of E-Verify by employers over a period of five years after enactment: Employers with more than 5,000 employees will be phased in within 2 years. Employers with more than 500 employees will be phased in within 3 years. All employers,…
Read MoreEmployee verification: An essential ingredient to business success
pre-employment screening, employee verification primarily refers to verifying the experience a job candidate claims to have – both their education and their prior employment. So what exactly are these? Education Verification Considering that many employers rate experience and the interview performance over and above actual education history, the primary reason for verifying education in a background check is…
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