Active Screening Blog
Active Screening’s Pick of the Week – Apr 14-18
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!6 Reasons HR would Reject Employees Based on Their BackgroundsThis post is about a topic...
ACTivate a Positive Candidate Experience
The customer service experience is written about everywhere lately. Not necessarily positively, either. Cases in point: The Twitter handle @IHateUSPS does nothing but rant about the United States Postal Service (seriously, NSFW here folks). Chicago Transit Authority...
Fraud Alert: 4 Ways to Tell if an Applicant is Lying
When I was 13 I took my first trip to New York City. What made a true impression on me was not the city but rather the people. Every corner, every monument, every street had its own unique set of vendors; they sold everything from clothes to paintings to knick-knacks....
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...