Active Screening Blog
300 Businesses: 3 Off-The-Beaten-Path Steps to Reduce the Cost of Hiring
Here’s a stat that might the knock the socks off you: A survey of 610 CEOs by Harvard Business School estimates that typical mid-level managers require 6.2 months to reach their break-even point. Courtesy of this article on Investopedia, it’s obvious that hiring can...
Budget 2015: Have You Screened Your Background Checks Provider?
We spend a lot of time on ActiveCare discussing the importance of vetting your job candidates and existing employees. Just in the past six months, we’ve helped you to:Understand the roles in complianceImprove your candidate hiring experienceStrengthen your commitment...
4 Priorities for Non-Profits (why background screening is one of them)
Money is usually tight for non-profits. Unless you’re a huge national name, backed by celebrity endorsements, or have a super kind benefactor, you’re probably pinching pennies like the rest of us commoners. Whereas soccer moms like me can cut coupons, scan for online...
Budget 2015: 4 Steps to Define Your Screening Services Policy
Remember the Married With Children theme song? Performed by Frank Sinatra, ‘Love and Marriage’ became synonymous with TV’s Bundy clan (yes, the infamous hands-in-his-pants Al, wife Peggy and two devilish kids); never mind that the song actually won an Emmy in 1956....
Holiday Hiring Help – 5 Secrets to a Successful Season
They don’t call it ‘Christmas in July’ for nothing. Sure, summer’s middle month is primetime for big discounts as retailers try to move out leftover stock and make room for new additions. It’s also the time of year when stores (should) start making their hiring...
3 Surefire Ways to Find a Seasonal Job That Works FOR You
So, you’re finally ready to take on that holiday job this year. Maybe you have a better grip on your college course load. Maybe you’ve recently retired and don’t want to go quietly into the night. Maybe your 3-year-old daughter is finally in preschool and you’re...
Holiday Hiring Help – Five Types of Winning People to Fill Your Positions
Hiring seasonal workers should seem simple. You put a ‘Help Wanted’ sign in your storefront. People pop in to ask for an application. You schedule an interview. They show up (on time), look appropriate (business casual), and don’t use foul language. Voila - they’re...
Stuck In a Rut? 5 Ways to Boost Employee Morale
Culture. We know it’s important to you. You devour our collection of posts on establishing and/or improving company culture. These are some of your (and our) favorites: Top Talent for Top Dollar? Not if You’re Creative. Screening for Personality: Finding the Right...
Weird, Wild, Wacky and Totally True! Crazy Culture Coups.
Ping Pong tables. Kegs. Artsy workspaces.Karaoke. Treadmill offices. Naps. Beer Pong tournaments. The list of weird, wild and wacky company culture phenomena we’ve already heard of is pretty extensive. Big business names like Google and Zappos draw most of the...
When Your Company Culture Collapses – Here’s How to Fix It
Have you ever seen this before?There’s a little boy playing alone in a sandbox. He’s driving cars through the sand and using the rails as launch pads. The little boy is having a grand old time. Then, a big boy stops over and asks he can play, too. Sure, says the...