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Are You Screening Job Candidates the Right Way?

Eighty-five percent of companies perform an employment screen of some kind. That doesn’t stop major corporations from being in the spotlight for litigation over background checks, however.

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Compliance

Common Employee Mistakes on the New Form I-9

If you don’t yet have the new Form I-9, you’re well behind schedule. The Form I-9 has always been a complicated document, and it’s recently been updated.

HR Best Practices

The Unexpected Costs of a Bad Hire

So, you’ve hired a new employee. It doesn’t take long to find out they’re not quite right for the job, and they either quit or are let go.

Criminal Background Checks

Should You Hire Someone with a DWI Conviction?

Should you hire an employee with a background that includes a DWI conviction?

Drug Screening

FTC’s Advice on Screening Forms: Keep it Simple

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently released new, nonbinding guidance regarding background check disclosure and authorization forms.

HR Best Practices

How to Manage Your Company’s Interns

Creating an internship program sounds like a great idea for many businesses.

HR Best Practices

The First Steps to Hiring an Intern

Summer is here, and that means that thousands of businesses are looking to hire summer interns.

Weekend Roundup

Weekend Roundup: California May Soon Ban Asking Applicants for Salary History

A proposal making its way through the California state legislature would prohibit employers in the state from asking candidates for their salary history and require them to…

Drug Screening

Drug Screening Best Practices for Every Business

Drug screening is an important aspect in maintaining a healthy, safe, and productive work environment.

Company Culture

Can Workplace Conflict be Healthy?

You most likely try to avoid conflict at work. All of us do. At even a hint of conflict, we turn and run the other way.

HR Best Practices

Research Shows One-Third of Applicants Think Hiring is Unfair

One of the HR topics to make mainstream news in recent months is the Ban-the-Box ordinances that are popping up around the nation.

Company Culture

Onboarding Practices Every Company Should Have

Finally! The long, tiring interview process is over. Your candidate passed the background check and drug test. You’re confident that they’re the right fit for the job.

Drug Screening

Why You Need to Screen Your Nonprofit's Volunteers

At a nonprofit, every employee wears multiple hats. That’s why we’ve made our background checking service for volunteers so simple for both the nonprofit and its volunteers.

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