Active Screening Blog
Hire Smarter! How to Create and Define Your Candidate Experience
It’s a time of major college-aged employee turnover in many spots across the country. We know that this influx/outflow routine isn’t good, yet some businesses perennially fall victim to this trap. It’s out of their control. Or is it?Several McDonald’s restaurants...
Screening and the Recruiting Process: Who is Responsible?
We’ve been decoding screening issues for larger businesses in our last few posts.We learned that glancing at Joe Schmoe’s social media madness doesn’t qualify as a background check. And we outlined ways you can improve your hiring process.We’ve stated that running a...
How to better optimize the hiring process
We do a little bit of everything on the ActiveCare Blog. What can we say? We like to take care of our readers and make sure you’re up to date with the latest screening industry knowledge.ICYMI, here’s a tiny sampling of topics we’ve recently hit on:Small...
Reviewing Your Screening Policy: Is it up to date?
Unless you’re in human resources or the background industry, you may not a have clue what a ‘screening policy’ is. But if you’re serious about hiring good people, building a consistent workplace culture, and staying on the right side of the law, you really need to...
Screening for Personality: Finding the Right Fit for Your Culture
This is obviously a hot topic. A simple Google search of the phrase ‘hiring employees to fit your company culture’ yields more than 24 million results. It seems everyone is an expert, or wants to be one, on this crucial hiring conundrum. There is A LOT of information...
Top Talent For Top dollar? Not If You’re Creative.
The first thing we did on Memorial Day was give thanks to all the men and women who sacrificed their lives for America. We would not be living, working and thriving in our country without them. Our children would not have bright futures if not for their selflessness,...
How to Avoid a Cash Crisis with Background Screening
What - or whom - do you believe?Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) who declared this in January:“What he [President Obama] misunderstands is that nine out of 10 businesses fail, so nine out of 10 times, he’s going to give it to the wrong people. He gave $500 million to one of...
Summer is coming: Have Your Kids’ Camps and Coaches Been Screened?
Have your kids camps and coaches had their background checks?Hello muddah, hello faddahI know you’re thinking it’s camp timeBut I warn you to considerHave the counselors been screened for rotten business?I want to hike and bike and swimAnd I’d like to stay real safeSo...
Education Week: Universities and Background Screening: Keeping Campus Safe
It’s graduation time at thousands of colleges and universities. Millions of students are ready to embark on their next stage in life - decorating their ceremonial cap.For inspiration, head here. Head. Get...
How far should schools go to ensure their campuses are safe?
There are some hot headlines in the world of education this week.Some parents are flipping out about naked illustrations in a middle school sex-ed book.College grads are giving their alma mater’s an average grade for life prep.Title IX infraction investigations are...