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• HR Magazine, the official publication of the Society for Human Resource Management, published a story in the march 2001 issue on Outsourcing Background Checks. ESR is pleased to have been a contributor to the story, having contributed information quoted by the article.  See the story here.
  
  In addition, the HR Magazine article ran an additional story called, "Screening your Screening Providers,"  featuring the following advice from   ESR President, Lester S. Rosen:

  "Data gathering firm are sometimes referred to as  "vending machines" because employers pay them money and data spews forth, says Les Rosen, president of Employment Screening Resources in Novato, Calif.  The quality of the data has not always been reviewed by senior personnel and is not always FCRA-compliant.

  Rosen says employers should be sure the firm they are dealing with demonstrates that it will the review the data before it is conveyed to the employer.   It shouldn't be "teenagers shuffling paper," he says.  Sensitive information should be treated with great care, not faxed to a general-use machine in an open area, for example.

  Firms also should demonstrate that they understand what information should not be conveyed to employers."
  

• Carpet firm hit with $9.38M verdict in murder
  Lester S. Rosen, President of ESR and an attorney at law, testified as an expert witness on safe hiring practice and due diligence in the California court, on behalf of the family of a doctor murdered by a carpet cleaner that was hired without any background check.  The carpet cleaner was a violent career criminal.  This tragic episode demonstrates what can occur when employers just hire any available warm body, with no care or effort  taken to find out who they are hiring.  See story. 

• New!! Why applications are key--Column in the   November 16, 2000 Sunday San Francisco Examiner/Chronicle by Lester S. Rosen, President of Employment Screening Resources.
  
  
• 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.

• 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

• 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
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• 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.
  
  

• 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.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• No Stone Left Unturned--Article in the Marin Independent Journal on Employment Screening Resources,  Sunday, February 15, 1998
  
  
• 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
  

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