This page contains articles and special reports written by the ESR staff on issues affecting Pre-Employment Screening., as well as news articles quoting ESR. All articles are copyrighted, and may not be reproduced or republished without permission.:
Short
Course on Pre-employment Screening, Safe Hiring and Due Diligence
Click here for a series of
articles that provide a short course on Pre-employment screening
General Introduction to Pre-employment Screening and Safe Hiring
Background
Screening Can Help Boss and Applicants--Article in the Sunday
San Francisco Examiner/Chronicle on April 26, 1998 in the Career Search
Section--View Point column by Lester S. Rosen, President of Employment Screening
Resources.
NEW: Article on
Effective Pre-employment Background Screening from the Spring Issue of Protective
Operations, The Journal of Security Services, Risk Management, Investigation and
Consulting, a new national magazine, by Les Rosen, President of ESR.
Checking
for Crimes: What employers can--and can't--find out about applicants--Column in
the August 22, 1999 Sunday San Francisco Examiner career Section by Lester S. Rosen,
President of Employment Screening Resources
Special Report on Using and
Obtaining Criminal Records--Part One
This is a review of the area of obtaining and using criminal records. There are a
number of legal and practical considerations that are discussed. For example, it is
not lawful to automatically exclude an applicant because of a criminal conviction, and it
is unlawful to consider certain criminal records. A pre-employment firm must know
what records an employer can legally possess.
Reference Checking
Use Your
References Well--Article in the Sunday San Francisco Examiner/Chronicle on
December 13, 1998 in the Career Search section--View Point Column by Lester S. Rosen,
President of Employment Screening Resources.
Special Report: Obtaining
Employment References.
This special report discusses the current state of California law pertaining to both
giving and requesting references. It also reviews the procedures used by ESR
in it's reference checking services.
Credit Reports
A guide to "Credit
Reports and Job Hunting," published on-line at www.MedCAREERS.com. Article by ESR
for both employers and job applicants on the role of credit reports and employment
Employment Applications and
Safe Hiring
Why applications are key--Column
in the November 16, 2000 Sunday San Francisco Examiner/Chronicle by Lester
S. Rosen, President of Employment Screening Resources.
(See also the ESR special report on Criminal Records,
Employment and Employment Applications.)
(See also sample employment application materials)
Fair Credit
Reporting Act and Legal Considerations
Special Report:
Complying with the Fair Credit Reporting Act in Four Easy Steps.
This special report reviews the steps that employers need to take to comply with the Fair
Credit Reporting Act in conducting Pre-employment background screening of job applicants
through a Consumer Reporting Agency such as Employment Screening Resources.
Special Report: Obtaining and Using
Background Screening Information for applicant Background Screening.
This article reviews some of the laws affecting pre-employment screening, such as the Fair
Credit Reporting Act, and Americans with Disabilities Act, as well as special
considerations concerning criminal records, credit reports, date of birth and age and
other matters.
Working with the Fair
Credit Reporting Act
Article on the FCRA for Loss Prevention and Internal Security Departments, covering
the role of internal security in doing pre-employment screenings and investigation of
current employees under the FCRA.
Staffing Industry
Call a
Halt to the Parade of Horribles--Pre-employment Screening: A Vital Part of
Your Business--Feature article from the Nov/Dec. 199 issue of the SI
(Staffing Industry) Review, containing lengthy quotes and materials form
Employment Screening Resources. Excellent article for staffing companies.
(See special section for the
staffing industry)
Health Care Hiring
NEW: Special Report for hospitals and health care providers-- "Outsourced Pre-employment Screening," by Les Rosen, president of
ESR. This is a report on how hospitals and health care facilitates outsource this
important task. www.medcareers.com is
the the Internet's most comprehensive, easy-to-use site devoted exclusively to providing
career and staffing solutions for healthcare professionals.
Hiring Safe Health
Care providers (Adobe Acrobat format)
Safe Hiring and Risk Management -from the Association of Staff Physician
Recruiters (ASPR) Fall, 2000 newsletter-article by Calvin Bruce, C.P.C and Les
Rosen, President of ESR, on Physician Recruitment
Risk
Management and Pre-employment Screening for Hospitals and Health Care Organizations—A
Critical Responsibility
It is estimated that hospitals and health care providers pay $100,000,000 a year in
damages for acts caused by people that they hire with a criminal records that cause
damages to co-workers or patients. This article by ESR examines the
risk-management aspects of health care providers and the reasons and steps to institute a
program of pre-employment screening.
Loss Prevention Professionals
NEW for Loss Prevention
Professionals: Article on Effective Pre-employment Background Screening from the
Spring Issue of Protective Operations, The Journal of Security Services, Risk
Management, Investigation and Consulting, a new national magazine, by Les Rosen, President
of ESR.
Working with the Fair
Credit Reporting Act
Article on the FCRA for Loss Prevention and Internal Security Departments, covering
the role of internal security in doing pre-employment screenings and investigation of
current employees under the FCRA.
Drug Testing
How firms handle
workers' drug tests--column in the April 2, 2000 San Francisco Examiner Career Section by
Lester S. Rosen, President of Employment Screening Resources.
Small Business and Safe Hiring
NEW for Small Business owners--How
to Avoid Hiring A Criminal for less then $20-- Five Easy Steps A Small Business Can Take
Today
This special report outlines five easy and inexpensive steps any employer can take TODAY
to protect their business, as well as employees and customers. Also includes a
Release form that an employer can use--an effective tool to promote safe
hiring.
High Tech and VC backed Ventures
Info for Start-ups and
Venture Capital backed firms--Do you know who you are hiring? A look at Pre-Employment
Background Screening
From the January 2000 newsletter by TriNet VCO, a firm specializing in human resources
management for start-ups and Venture Capital backed firms
Inflated expectations and exaggerated facts can lead to job-search
frustration--Article from leading computer industry magazine InfoWorld,
August 9, 1999, concerning employment reference checks and salary verification in
the high-tech industry with extensive information provided by ESR.
High tech resume traps--Article from leading computer industry magazine InfoWorld, August 16, 1999, concerning three resume pitfalls for high-tech workers that can delay or scuttle a job offer, quoting ESR
International Screenings
International
Background Screening
Helpful pointers to keep in mind when evaluating a candidate who has come form a foreign
country, or when hiring someone from abroad who will work for you in that country as a
representative.
Job
Sleuths--Article in the San Francisco Business Times concerning
pre-employment background screening, February 27, 1998.
Candidate
Seems Unreal? Investigate--Article in San Francisco Business Times
featuring Employment Screening Resources, October 23, 1998.
Employers can help prevent
identify theft in the workplace--From the February 2000 Issue of HR News—HR’s
leading Newspaper published by the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM),
containing information and quotes from Les Rosen, president of ESR
What a Business Needs to Know About Pre-employment Screening with Employment Screening Resources.
COMING SOON!!!
(This information is currently available to clients of Employment Screening
Resources. However, this information will be added to the public portion of
this web site in the near future.)
1. Additional materials on criminal records--what should be in
an employment application and how should criminal records be evaluated in the hiring
process.
2. Why California employers must be extra careful when they hire.
Eight reasons why pre-employment screening in California is different then anywhere
else in the USA. Not knowing these differences can cost a California employer punitive
damages, attorney's fees and even criminal prosecution!!!
3. Workers Compensation Records--Special Considerations Under the
ADA and a state by state review of what is available and any special rules.
4. The Mechanics and Legal Aspects of Implementing a Pre-employment
screening program--This 26 page memo outlines the actual mechanics of
pre-employment screening for human resources professionals, along with a discussion of the
legal aspects. It also contains sample policies and internal procedures.
5. Statewide Criminal Searches--Many states appear to have
"statewide searches," for criminal records. However, in most
instances, there are significant reasons to be cautious about such searches done on a
statewide basis. This article reviews how statewide searches are conducted in each
state where they are offered.
6. Why Driving Records are critical, even for non-driving positions--A
review of why employers utilize driving records, even though the position appears to be a
non-driving position.
7. Conducting checks of Past Military service--Procedures involved
in verifying past military service.
8. Who is watching your money--A guide to preventing embezzlement in your business.
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