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Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn
Harvard University has rescinded admission offers for at least ten students who would have been part of the Class of 2021 for their “offensive” social media postings after they “traded sexually explicit memes and messages that sometimes targeted minority groups in a private Facebook group chat,” according to a report from The Harvard Crimson. Continue reading
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn
On May 4, 2017, the U.S. Department of State published a notice in the Federal Register requesting emergency approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to expand the collection of information though social media screening of some visa applicants by requiring them to divulge their social media “handles” such as identifiers and platforms from the past five years. If approved, the rule takes effect May 18, 2017. Continue reading
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn
Attorney Lester Rosen, founder and CEO of background check firm Employment Screening Resources® (ESR), “presented how to successfully use social media for recruiting or background screening” at the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) 2017 Talent Management Conference and Exposition in Chicago, Illinois, according to a Workforce Magazine article about Rosen’s presentation. Continue reading
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn
Employment Screening Resources® (ESR), a global background check provider, will host a live webinar entitled “Top 5 Best Practices for Social Media Background Checks” presented by Ben Mones, CEO and Founder of leading social media screening provider Fama, an integrated ESR partner, on Thursday, May 18, 2017, from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM PDT. To register for this event, visit https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3265314621121472770. (To view recorded webinar, visit: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/2707791857734137602). Continue reading
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn
Worldwide leader in sports ESPN has communicated with four National Football League (NFL) teams “to examine how they study social media” and found all four confirmed that social media screening is part of their scouting process leading up to the 82nd NFL Draft taking place from Thursday, April 27, 2017, to Saturday, April 29, 2017 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, according to the article ‘Social scouting: How NFL teams track prospects online’ posted on the ESPN.com website. Continue reading
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn
Population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau have found that Millennials – defined as people aged 18 to 34 in 2015 – numbered 75.4 million and in 2015 surpassed the 74.9 million Baby Boomers aged 51 to 69, according to a Pew Research Center article. The fact that Millennials have overtaken Baby Boomers as the largest segment of the U.S. workforce and are making employers change their methods of background screening for job applicants is Trend Number 7 in the Employment Screening Resources® (ESR) 10th annual ‘ESR Top Ten Background Check Trends’ for 2017. Continue reading
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn
Marcy Montellano, Director of Gaming Solutions for global background check firm Employment Screening Resources® (ESR), will present a workshop entitled “Social Media and Background Screening: Is it Right for Your Commission?” at the National Tribal Gaming Commissioners/Regulators (NTGCR) Fall 2016 Conference taking place at the Seneca Niagara Casino Resort in Niagara Falls, New York, from Tuesday, September 20, 2016, to Thursday, September 22, 2016. A brochure for the NTGCR Fall 2016 Conference describes Montellano’s presentation in the following way: Continue reading
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn
Attorney Lester Rosen, the founder and CEO of global background check firm Employment Screening Resources® (ESR), will present a live webcast entitled If It’s on the Internet, Isn’t it Fair Game? Social Media and Hiring underwritten by video interview provider Montage for the Human Capital Institute (HCI) on Wednesday, October 19, 2016, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. EDT. To register for the webcast, please visit www.hci.org/lib/if-it-s-internet-isn-t-it-fair-game-social-media-and-hiring. Continue reading
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn
The number of employers using “social media background checks” to screen job candidates increased 500 percent over the past decade, according to the annual CareerBuilder social media recruitment survey, with 60 percent of employers using social media to research job candidates in 2016, up significantly from 52 percent in 2015, 22 percent in 2008, and 11 percent in 2006, when the survey was first conducted. Continue reading
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn
Attorney Lester Rosen, Founder and CEO of Employment Screening Resources (ESR), will present a live 90 minute webinar with Compliance World titled “How To Legally Screen Applicants Using Search Engines and Social Networking Sites” on Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST. To register for this event, click here. Continue reading
