If you haven’t started drafting your holiday hiring gameplan yet, don’t fret. We’re here to help. We’ve combed the best advice that the internet has to offer, and combined it with our super awesome insider screening knowledge. The result? Five surefire ways to ensure...
Amazon may want to double-check its job fair hiring procedures after two people have come forward claiming they were unfairly eliminated as applicants after erroneous background checks. And they better do it quickly if they want to hire this many people for the...
A group of U.S. Senators is upping the ante on their bet that most Americans want credit checks banned from the hiring process. Led by Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), the “Equal Employment for All Act of 2015, aims to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) by...
Most background screening companies are committed to operating at the highest standards to keep your Personally Identifiable Information (PII) protected. Click here for a list of the most proactive firms (these are the ones like Active Screening who have taken a...
We know all about the industries where background checks are REQUIRED – transportation, healthcare, child care, security, education. Then, there are the industries where background checks SHOULD happen – ministries, insurance, youth sports leagues,...
Complying with the Fair Credit Reporting Act is supposed to be relatively straightforward for employers, but it continues to be one of the biggest stumbling blocks. The latest company to get accused of violating FCRA law is Kohl’s Department Stores Inc., but this...
