Active Screening Blog
What Banned Credit Checks would mean for Financial Businesses
If you were busy holiday shopping, you might have missed it. A new proposed law could have a big impact on the hiring process and how safe your money is. About a week before Christmas, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and six other US senators, introduced a bill that...
Fighting for Talent: How to Stay Ahead of the Competition
I stated a new show on Netflix this past weekend; I’m not going to say which one because my husband is already is giving me enough trouble. However, as embarrassing as it is, I can’t stop watching. I started Saturday and I am already 15 episodes in. The story...
Tax Deadline is here! Have you Screened Your Financial Advisor?
In the least scientific poll ever taken, we asked more than a dozen people at West Acres Mall in Fargo, North Dakota this question:“Have you ever checked the credentials of your tax preparer?”Like many Americans, the answer was a resounding, “NO.”“I use a guy I went...
Active Screening’s Pick of the Week – Apr 7 – 11
Check out what the following blogs had to say about HR trends, news and more. Below is a list of our top five favorite posts from this week. Check back every Friday for five more!1. Key Decisions That Could Kill Your BusinessThis is a great read from Alexandra Levit....
Industry Spotlight: Financial Services
It’s a question with plenty of murky answers: How many employers run employee background checks?Depending on your source, you’ll get a variety of ‘statistics (although their validity is also a bit murky):Mondaq.com states that 92% of all employers use criminal...
5 Issues Small Businesses Face And How to Fix Them
The past few weeks my focus has been on recruiters, hiring managers and staffing professionals, and while I love writing about the HR world, its time I show some love to someone else. The truth is we all, this includes the HR pros, are tied together by a common...
EEOC & FTC: 5 Things Every Employee Needs to Know
Welcome to the final post of our 3-part series analyzing a joint effort by the EEOC and FTC to give employers and employees the scoop on background checks.We started with a breakdown of the entire document that was co-written by the government agencies and released in...
Recruiting Trends: A Breakdown of Big Data
Big Data – I've been seeing this term pop up a lot lately. You could almost call it an HR trend. But what is it? How does it help recruiters? Does it actually help recruiters? What are the pros and cons? These are questions I am going to answer in today’s post. What...
EEOC & FTC: 8 Easy Steps for Employers
This week we’re doing an analysis of the recent EEOC and FTC joint written effort to better inform employers and applicants to the rules and regulations of background screening for employment purposes.If you need a refresher, click on this post for the basic concept...
Active Screening’s Pick of the Week – Mar 31- Apr 4
Check out what the following blogs had to say about HR trends, news and more. Below is a list of our top five favorite posts from this week. Check back every Friday for five more! 1. AGENCY RECRUITMENT IS TOTALLY SCREWED: HERE’S WHY! Active candidates only make up a...