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Improving Human Capital Management
Human Capital Management has been in the spotlight quite a bit recently as companies realize the increasing value of their employees and the true cost of replacing them. This trend is predicted to continue to increase in the future as the workforce continues to grow...
Active Screening’s Pick of the Week – Feb 17-21
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. 10 Ways Companies Drive Away TalentEmployers do you have a problem with finding...
Expert Insight: National Criminal Records
Today’s post is the last of our three part series on criminal records. In case this is the first you're hearing of it, the past two days we have published posts focused around criminal records. Tuesday’s post started with criminal record searches at a county level,...
Expert Insight: Statewide Criminal Record Search
In case you missed it yesterday, this week we are releasing a series of posts on the different types of criminal records. Each day myself and our Director of Compliance, Benton Mobley will tackle a new level. Yesterday’s focus was at the county level and today we are...
Expert Insight: County Criminal Record Search
This week we will be focusing on the different types of criminal records with our Director of Compliance, Benton Mobley. Criminal records are a vital part of the screening process. The information found by criminal record searches helps employers identify potential...
Active Screening’s Pick of the Week – Feb 10-14
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. Let Love Inspire Your LeadershipThis great post from Forbes discusses the...
Avoid Bad Advice: Make Smarter Hiring Decisions
If you Google search “Hiring Advice”, over 100,000,000 results come up all of which are articles claiming to be the ‘best’ advice out there. The truth is it may be good advice but a majority of it is opinion based or advice that has worked for that particular...
How to avoid an FCRA class action lawsuit when hiring
Whole Foods, Inc. has just become the latest victim of a class action lawsuit filed against them for allegedly violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) in their hiring practices. The lawsuit claims Whole Foods' online application seeking applicants' approval...
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Background Screening
In this post we will explore advice and quotes from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. You may be thinking what does this novel have to do with background screening? The answer is a lot, follow along as I take six quotes from this classic and apply them to the...
Improving Your Company’s Candidate Experience
Employers seem to finally be coming to terms with the importance of the candidate experience. A better candidate experience will help you in many ways; whether its better word-of-mouth about working at your company, more candidates wanting to work for you, or their...