Background Check: The Security Check And Getting The Job

This author brings up a good point… If you were born, or lived outside of the United States for any period of time, a pre-employment background check may take significantly longer than a standard background check. Read more…

If you have a smaller company or if you are a mid sized company who hasn’t seen the benefits of putting together a great employee screening process, you may be wondering about how to start the whole process. There are a lot of questions to be answered that you may be feeling uncomfortable with. For example, what is legal to check for? What should I be checking for? So here are ten steps to putting together an employee screening process:

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Check out this article regarding Pennsylvania’s move to conduct background checks on new athletic officials in their state. It’s hard to believe that governments and school/athletic administrators are just now beginning to get on the bandwagon to support background checks for coaches/administrators and officials. Read more…

Gas, eggs, meat, milk, copper, aluminum.  No, it’s not a recipe for the worst omelet ever, it’s the things that people are stealing because of the economic downturn. Now more than ever background checks are becoming important to your business. It is just a sad fact that people turn to theft in order to supplement their income when high prices hit us, this also includes employee theft. Proper background screening of your employees can protect your business and give you peace of mind. It’s true that it is tough out there and you may feel sorry for some people that resort to stealing but that doesn’t mean you have to put your business, family or employees at risk. 1/3 of all businesses fail because of theft. Why open yourself up to that risk? Employee theft is said to cost American businesses up to 40 billion dollars a year. There are also other intangibles associated with theft such as court costs, jail time and lost productivity. As a responsible business owner you owe it to yourself and society to make sure you are hiring the most honest employees that you can.

New Series- The Nifty Fifty
By Jack Thomas

Welcome to the first in an ongoing series of articles revealing the intriguing and sometimes just bizarre stories surrounding the arena of background check related stories from across the country. Weekly, I will be sharing stories from one or two states. Please check back often to see if you’re state has made the list yet! Read more…

One of the first jobs I had where I was a supervisor was at a retail chain that need not be named. I think this is, I am guessing, fairly common among beginning managers. Start at a retail chain and get more experience so you don’t have to work the terrible hours associated with most retail establishments. In any case, I was a lowly shift manager, one of the denziens that allowed senior managers to head home early most weekdays and not work very many weekends.

So what does a future HR manager do? Read more…