Businesses are struggling to balance the need to verify applicants' background and experience against a rising tide of legislation, litigation and public scrutiny. From ban-the-box laws to...





With employers facing recruiting challenges not seen in almost two decades, new research from SHRM identifies a potentially significant pool of untapped workers.
In a research collaboration between SHRM and the Charles Koch Institute , two surveys found that a majority of workers...




California is rife with regulation of how employers may obtain and consider background check information for use in hiring and personnel decisions. The relatively new California...




The advent of social media has added a number of new dimensions to the hiring process. In the (fairly recent) old days, candidate screening was limited to formal background and credit checks. A more involved on-boarding process might include a drug test, but things rarely got more complicated. Today, things are...

 
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Maribeth Martino 
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