


Hiring Remote Job Candidates, Criminal Records, Ban-the-Box
In today’s Weekend Roundup, the Harvard Business Review examines how to successfully hire a remote job candidate. Human resource teams are becoming more inclined to hire a job candidate with a criminal record, and a city in North Texas voted to “ban-the-box,” removing...
Criminal Records, Drug Testing, Job Offers and the COVID-19 Vaccine
In today’s Weekend Roundup, we look at second chance candidates who have a criminal record and how Philadelphia is prohibiting pre-employment marijuana drug screenings. Some companies across the nation are shifting to a job offer stipulation where COVID-19 vaccines...
The Difference Between County and Statewide Criminal Record Searches
Most background checks include some type of criminal records search, but the term “criminal records” can be unclear. One common area that can be confusing is the difference between county criminal record searches and statewide criminal record searches. To put it...
Top Five FAQs for Background Checks
Background checks can seem like a daunting task for employers, hiring managers, and the human resources department (HR), between EEOC and FCRA compliance, drug testing, ensuring they are timely there is a lot to keep track of and that’s were the HR experts at KRESS...