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Home » Keywords: » pre-employment screening

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Screening Employees in the Information Age

Screening Employees in the Information Age

Sue Stott
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Jonathan Longino
March 1, 2016

We live in the information age, but getting information about employees is harder than ever.


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Does Pre-Employment Vetting Bring an Enterprise More Value or Liability?

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Jerry J. Brennan
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Lynn Mattice
April 1, 2015

Does your organization have an active program that conducts reference checking on employees before they are hired? Ownership of the pre-employment vetting process does not often reside with the security function within the organization. Some companies outsource background checks to third party organizations to share the task. Many of these policies are impacted by legislation, and limitations can be imposed on the use of various vetting methods.


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Pennsylvania Volunteers Face Backlog for Background Checks

March 19, 2015

State-mandated background checks for volunteers working with children are taking more than 20 days instead of the 14-day standard, but a hiring surge is helping. 


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Secure the Enterprise with Effective Background Screening

Employment background screening helps employers identify qualified applicants and helps mitigate risk by improving workplace security and safety.
Rachel Trindade
May 1, 2014

By working together cohesively with HR and legal, the security team can also function as the final gatekeeper to help ensure that the organization is screening in accordance with its policies and that every candidate has properly cleared the company’s background check standards.


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Target to Drop Criminal Background Questions in Job Applications

October 30, 2013

Target Corp. plans to stop asking prospective employees about their criminal records in initial job applications at all of its U.S. stores, mere months after Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton signed "Ban the Box" legislation, which next year will make it illegal to ask about an applicant's criminal history until he or she has been selected for an interview.


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Trust but Verify

September 1, 2013

 The business of hiring is a minefield of potential loopholes and pitfalls that culminate with one simple truth: “Everyone can lie.” It often falls to the security team to verify the backgrounds of potential employees, to ensure that applicants are being honest about where they’ve worked, what they’ve done and who they are. 


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How to Manage Background Checks Requirements for a Global Workforce

The hiring process overseas can be a much taller hurdle than anticipated – How can enterprise security executives vet candidates effectively?
August 1, 2013

 Background checks are a normal course of the hiring process for many companies in the United States. In some industries – like financial services and education – this due diligence is actually mandated by government regulations.  


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Supporting Temporary Workers with Full-Time Security

As enterprise security leaders know, many of their employees are badged and enter and leave facilities through an electronic access control system
May 9, 2013

As enterprise security leaders know, many of their employees are badged and enter and leave facilities through an electronic access control system


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Employee Theft Databases Scrutinized

April 3, 2013

Labor lawyers state that employees are often coerced into confessing, leading to a permanent blight on their employment records.


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New Rules Set for Workplace Criminal Background Checks

April 26, 2012

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission approved new rules for employers who use criminal background checks to screen potential employees.


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