Active Screening Blog

5 Ways Seasonal Employees Can Land Full-Time Positions

Seasonal hiring is going bananas this year. So far, this consulting firm says national retailers are on tap to bring on roughly 700,000 workers to handle the holiday swell; that is about 200,000 more people than just two years ago! That is great news for thousands of...

Cyber Monday Meets Seasonal Hiring

Tick tock. Tick tock. It’s hard to believe but the race is on to wrap up your holiday shopping. Christmas is in, gulp…. 24 days!Black Friday kicks off the holiday shopping season (the jury is still out on whether or not this year’s version was a retail success) but...

FCRA Infringement – What Employers Need to Know About Adverse Action

Have you ever passed on a candidate because of a low credit score and didn’t tell the person? Have you ever used a social media screen as a legitimate background check? Have you ever screened a candidate without their consent? If you answered yes to any of these...

FCRA Infringement – Big Name? You’re Still Not Safe From Lawsuits

What do InfoTrack, AutoZone, Home Depot, Instant Checkmate and Aaron’s furniture stores all have in common?No, they’re not all featuring awesome Black Friday deals.They’re actually all facing, or have faced, Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)-related lawsuits in 2014....

So You Think You Hired the Wrong Person – And Now You Want to Fire Them

Whoopsie. You made a big blunder. John Doe gave you a great interview. You were impressed with his credentials, enjoyed his sense of humor, marveled at his intelligent answers. Heck, you even liked the confidence behind his handshake and eye contact. You offered John...

How to Help an Introvert Break Out of Their Shell

Sheldon Cooper, the infamous (and some argue, obnoxious) character of The Big Bang Theory, is without a doubt one of the smartest people on the planet. He certainly doesn’t lack for confidence in his intelligence, but early on in the show, Sheldon was a bit of an...

The Best of LinkedIn Influencers – How to Kill Your Career Quickly

We spend so much of our lives building toward a career. In our younger years, we’re peppered with the “What do you want to be when you grow up?” question. By high school we’re concerned with attending colleges and universities that excel in our expected majors. When...

The Best of LinkedIn Influencers: The Cost to Fire a Bad Teacher – $300K

We have probably all experienced the best and worst kinds of educators. They have imprinted themselves into our brains by their teaching styles, the incredibly good and the equally incredibly bad. Like this guy: The thing about teachers, though, that Joel Klein so...

The Best of LinkedIn Influencers: Hire Our Veterans

The term ‘influencer’ has been a hot topic on the ActiveCare blog lately. We’ve given you great tips on how to climb your company’s social and leadership ladder. We’ve talked with workplace relationship experts about how to build trust with your compadres. This week,...