The Anatomy of  Boomerang Employees

The Anatomy of Boomerang Employees

We’ve all heard that life is a winding road. Sometimes that road winds all the way back where you started. This is becoming even more of a reality in the workplace as the trend of boomerang employees gain traction. A boomerang employee is someone who left an employer...
Online Background Checks: Is Faster Better?

Online Background Checks: Is Faster Better?

The Perils of Online Background Checks  Let’s face facts. We’re an on-demand society. Regardless of how we may like to label one specific generation, whether we’re baby-boomers or millennials –  we want answers to our questions immediately. Smartphones, tablets...
The Ban the Box Movement

The Ban the Box Movement

What is Ban the Box? Though Ban the Box has just recently gotten wings and taken off across the United States, the movement actually began in 2004.  All of Us or None, an organization which fights for the rights of those who were previously, or are presently...
Adverse Action Results in Background Checks

Adverse Action Results in Background Checks

Adverse action is a term many employers would rather avoid. It complicates the hiring process and adds time to it, but it is required by law as part of  pre-employment screening. Advances in technology and data sharing over the last decades have made background checks...
The Case for Post-Employment Background Checks

The Case for Post-Employment Background Checks

Why Post-Employment Checks? Post-employment background checks are not as recognized as pre-employment background checks, but they can prove to be just as important. “Former bank employee admits to stealing more than $130,000”.  “Pharmacy Tech Pleads Guilty to Stealing...
What is Involved in Pre-Employment Screening?

What is Involved in Pre-Employment Screening?

Pre-employment Screening Has Evolved While pre-employment screening has always been a part of the hiring process, over the years it has gotten more complicated for job-seekers. Many people out in today’s job market are out there for the first time in years or even...