Kristina Taylor Articles

States propose anti-social media background check laws

Are you requiring job applicants to fork over their social media website login information as part of your company’s pre-employment screening process? While checking social media sites is becoming more and more popular among employers as yet another avenue for finding...

Know when to disclose background check policy to potential hires

When should you bring up the background check process? When you make initial contact with a job applicant? After you have a successful interview? If you do it too soon will you appear to be distrusting and defensive, turning off potentially great employees? If you do...

Three tips to get small business on track with background screening

If you’re a small business who has never had a formal policy for background screening employees and applicants, now is the time. If you’re not sure where to start, here are a few tips. Create a policy. The best practices need to be written down and followed across the...

Are you sure all your background check protocols are being followed?

If your company has an established employment screening process in place, are you sure it’s being followed? Are all the managers responsible for completing the various screening reports fully trained in the process? Are they being held accountable for those protocols...

What Cant You Find Out?: Some Personal Information Is Protected by Law

Aug 24, 2011 | Laws & Legal Issues

Employers use a variety of means during a background check to find out more about a potential hire. Criminal records,...

Hotel Crime Shows Importance of Background Checks for Employees

Aug 15, 2011 | In the News

The case of a hotel worker in central Florida who recently was arrested and accused of raping a hotel guest...

Does Your Company Have A Social Media Policy For Employees?

Aug 10, 2011 | Social Networking

Everyone’s talking about social media background checks as the next trend in employment screening. Companies already...

Criminal Background Checks Come In All Scopes and Sizes

Jul 27, 2011 | Criminal Checks

As more and more industries are trending toward the safeguard that comes with implementing background checks on its...

Criminal Record Not Necessarily Grounds for Unemployment

Jul 18, 2011 | Criminal Checks

Deciding to use pre-employment screening tactics for all potential hires is one of the wisest moves an employer can...

Does Your Company Use Hiring Checklists?

Mar 26, 2010 | Hiring

One of the best ways to ensure that the hiring process is streamlined is to have a system in place whereby every...

5 Low-Cost Ways to Ensure Your Hiring Processes are Solid

Mar 19, 2010 | Hiring

Are your hiring processes up to par?If you haven't been happy with the way your company finds, screens and retains new...

Another Story Where Criminal Checks Could Have Made a Difference

Mar 12, 2010 | Criminal Checks

Places like nursing homes don't regularly conduct checks into potential residents' criminal records, as this story...

More Schools Requiring Volunteer Background Checks

Mar 5, 2010 | In the News, Schools

If you've been following our recent tweets, you'll notice that we've been talking a lot about schools instituting...

Are the People Working in Your House Background Checked?

Feb 23, 2010 | Background Checks

The plumber who fixes your leaking faucet. The housecleaner who tidies up while you're at work. The carpet...

Employees Shouldn’t Blab about Background Check Results

Feb 19, 2010 | Background Checks

As important as it is to have a procedure for background checking all potential new hires, it's equally as important...

Should Your Nonprofit Organization Make Volunteer Background Checks Mandatory?

Feb 16, 2010 | Background Checks

Are you involved with a nonprofit organization? If so, does it have mandatory background checks for volunteers? If you...

How You Treat Employees Could Translate to the Kind of Employees You Get

Feb 9, 2010 | Hiring

If you've been wondering exactly why all your interviewees seem to come back with terrible background screening...

Talk about Background Checks During Interviews

Feb 2, 2010 | Background Checks

Do you have a policy of background checking your best applicants before they are offered jobs? If so, you'll want to...

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