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Employment Screening Resources Director of Gaming Solutions Marcy Montellano to Speak at National Tribal Gaming Commissioners/Regulators Conference

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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 →

Safe Hiring Expert to Present Webcast about Social Media and Hiring on October 19

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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 →

Use of Social Media Background Checks Increased 500 Percent in Past Decade

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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 →

Webinar Shows How To Legally Screen Job Applicants Using Social Networking Sites

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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 →

Employment Screening Resources Releases Updated Whitepaper on Social Media Background Checks

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Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn

Since many employers are using the Internet to recruit and screen jobs applicants, Employment Screening Resources® (ESR), a global provider of background checks, has released an update of its complimentary whitepaper ‘Ten Potential Dangers When Using Social Media Background Checks’ to help them avoid legal risk online. The whitepaper is available for free download at http://www.esrcheck.com/Whitepapers/Social-Media-Background-Checks/. Continue reading →

Employment Screening Resources to Present Webinar on Social Media Screening for Paycor Coffee Break Series

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Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn

Employment Screening Resources (ESR), a leading global provider of background check services, will present the webinar “Social Media and Background Screening: If It’s on the Internet, Isn’t it Fair Game?” for the Coffee Break educational programming series from leading HR and payroll software provider Paycor. This webinar is scheduled for Thursday, February 18, 2016, at 2:00 PM ET/11:00 AM PT. To register, click here. Continue reading →

Domestic Terrorist Attacks Will Put Social Media Background Checks in the National Spotlight in 2016

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Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn

Social media background checks that examine online postings by users of popular websites like Facebook and Twitter will be in the national spotlight in 2016 in the United States due to domestic terrorist attacks such as the tragic San Bernardino, California workplace shooting that left 14 people dead. This is the number 6 trend selected by Employment Screening Resources® (ESR) Founder and CEO Attorney Lester Rosen for the 9th annual ESR Top Ten Background Check Trends for 2016. Continue reading →

Using Social Networking Sites to Screen Job Applicants Can Be Risky Business for Employers

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Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn

To help employers navigate through legal pitfalls when using the Internet to screen job applicants, Attorney Lester Rosen, CEO of Employment Screening Resources (ESR), will present the webinar “Screening Applicants Using Social Networking Sites” with Clear Law Institute on November 12, 2015, from 3:00 PM to 4:15 PM ET. Continue reading →

Maine Enacts New Social Media Privacy Law

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Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn

A newly enacted law in Maine – LD 686, HP 467, An Act To Promote Privacy in Social Media – will protect the social media privacy of employees and job applicants law by prohibiting employers from requiring employees or job applicants to disclose passwords or any other means for accessing their personal social media accounts. The new law takes effect October 15, 2015. Continue reading →

NFL Combine Involves Social Media Background Checks

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Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn

The “tweets, posts, and snapchats” of National Football League (NFL) prospects are just as important as their physical ability on the field at the NFL Scouting Combine taking place this weekend due to the rise of social media background checks performed by NFL teams, according to a story from SportTechie.com. Continue reading →