Education Verification: Why it Should Become a Part of Your Hiring Process

When making a hiring decision, there are often many factors that you consider. You consider how the candidate presented himself– was he polite and dressed professionally? You recall how the candidate answered a particularly challenging interview…

Importance of Validation in the Pre Employment Screening Process

In this world, trust is something that can only go so far. There are people who will lie, cheat, or steal to try to get the things that they want. This is a big reason why validations are necessary. They are used to confirm all of the information…

Non-Compete Clauses and Employment Verification

Often, employers use employment verification to check worker eligibility, history, and other basic information. More in-depth verification, like checking for a non-compete clause in the employee’s work history, may not be considered. After…

The Risk Management Associated With Background Checks Is Enormous

Background checks are a lifesaver as far as businesses are concerned. Being able to look into the background of someone that you are considering hiring makes the process of actually hiring them so much easier. It is not mystery as to who the…

New Jersey Joins “Ban the Box” Movement 0 inShare New Jersey Joins “Ban the Box” Movement

On Monday, Governor Chris Christie signed the Opportunity to Compete Act (S2124/A1999) into law, which is designed to restrict employers from asking about prior criminal convictions on job applications.  Christie enthusiastically hailed New…

Verifications: Are They Stressful?

The very process of getting a job virtually always entails a verifications process at some point. The employer has to confirm that the person being considered for hire is telling the truth about everything on the application that they have…

California – Ban the Box As of July 1, 2014

Excerpted from lcwlegal.com Assembly Bill 218 (“AB 218”), codified as Labor Code section 432.9, goes into effect in just over a week on Tuesday, July 1, 2014, and will have a significant impact on a public agency’s ability to initially…

What Due Diligence Looks Like

Those who are seeking employment at the moment should have some idea of what to expect when it comes to due diligence. This is an important subject because of the processes that employees and employers have to go through in order to get through…

Diploma Mills Create a Hazard for Hapless Employers

When you consider all of the hard work that goes into a genuine degree, it is infuriating to know that there are diploma mills all over the Internet. For just a few dollars, an applicant can produce impressive credentials for the job––maybe…

Maintaining Compliance In The Pre-Hiring Process

Virtually all corporations have some kind of compliance code when it comes to the types of employees that it would like to hire. Hires must reach certain criteria to even be considered for the position, let alone hired. In order to remain within compliance of…

How To Practice Smart Risk Management With Due Diligence

The smartest small businesses are using risk management approaches to the way that they do their work. Companies that are well managed are always trying to maintain profits while at the same time keeping their liabilities to a minimum. What…

Why Performing Due Diligence Is A Must

Did you know that a number of job applicants may try to fudge some parts of their resume in order to get the job? It happens more often than we like to think, but there are ways to counter this. Primarily, using due diligenceduring pre-employment…