Posts by David Pfau
5 Tips on How to NOT Conduct an Employment Background Check
At HireSafe we strive to keep our clients fully compliant when conducting an employment background check. Our highly trained staff always consults them on what to do, but rarely do we say how to not conduct one. So, here are 5 tips on how NOT to conduct an employment background check. Don’t include the…
Read MoreBackground Check Best Practices for Hiring Managers
Hiring managers have a great amount of work to deal with when it comes to deciding which applicants to interview. However, equally important is how to conduct a background check once you have selected the right person to hire. Many decisions have to be made and to say the least in the correct manner. So,…
Read MoreTop 5 Background Check Trends for 2016 – #3 Ban the Box Compliance
Across the country numerous states, counties and cities are adopting Ban the Box that removes criminal history questions from job applications upfront. Employers in areas that have this new law have adjusted their hiring processes. This has affected businesses of all types and sizes. With Ban the Box coming into law in more parts of…
Read MoreTop 5 Background Check Trends for 2016 – #2 Employee Background Re-Screenings
Most of the background checks that companies conduct are for pre-employment purposes. But, what happens after that employee has been on the job for at least a year or more? So, more businesses are protecting themselves in 2016 with employee background re-screenings. A pre-employment background check is only a glimpse at what that employee has…
Read MoreTop 5 Background Check Trends for 2016 – #1 Background Check Compliance
One of the top pre-employment background check trends for many businesses in 2016 will be centered on Background Check Compliance. This is due to the increase in multi-million dollar judgements against businesses that had accuracy and compliancy problems. Inaccuracies, inappropriate hiring procedures and lack of technology for pre-employment background checks have made many businesses easy…
Read MoreThings to be Thankful for this Thanksgiving
A successful business thrives off the utilization of the efficiency and efficacy of its employees. If an employee is lackluster, or worse, causing trouble within the organization; it will only impede the potential of the business itself. With employment background checks, many red flags can be avoided when looking through new applicants. An Insight Into…
Read MoreThe Sequence of Drug Testing in the Hiring Process: A Trap for the Unwary Employer
Guest editorial by: Geoffrey S. Sheldon and Brian P. Walter In 1997, the California Supreme Court gave public employers a green light to test job applicants for drugs and alcohol in Loder v. City of Glendale, 14 Cal.4th 846 [59 Cal.Rptr.2d 696] (1997). The Court held that suspicionless drug and alcohol testing of job applicants…
Read MoreWhat an Applicant’s Criminal Conviction Means for Employers in 2015
It’s a well understood fact that the United States’ population has the highest incarceration rate of any nation. More than 68 million Americans have some sort of criminal history and when it comes to getting employed, many face hurdles that prevent them from being hired and assimilating back into society. While several states have seven…
Read MoreCredit Reports and Their Usefulness in Select Hiring Decisions
Many state legislators have already banned the use of credit checks in employment decisions, barring select positions. The reason being is that credit checks provide an insight into an applicant’s life that most employers simply do not need for employment reasons. It creeps over the boundary into an invasion of privacy that quite plainly isn’t…
Read MoreEmployment Background Screening Customer Service
When searching for an employment background screening company, it’s important to find an organization that places a priority on both answering client’s questions and informing them on the important subject matter at a moment’s notice. Even with a company that can send newsletters and updates to its clients, having the option of phoning the organization…
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