Eight Truths Employers Should Know about Employment Screening Background Checks

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Employment screening background checks have become a mission critical task to ensure employers avoid the legal and financial nightmare of hiring employees who are unfit, unqualified, dangerous, or dishonest. However, some employers have misconceptions concerning background checks.  Here are eight simple truths every business, both large and small, should know about employment screening background checks.

Job Applicants Need to Learn about Credit Report Checks for Employment Screening when Looking for Work

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Since a 2010 survey released by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) – ‘Background Checking: Conducting Credit Background Checks’ – found that 13 percent of the companies surveyed checked the credit reports of all job candidates while 47 percent checked the credit reports of some job candidates, many job seekers looking for work are…

Insider Tips on Background Check Tools Employers Should Use Revealed in Webinar

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As part of the ‘ESR Speaks’ background check training program from Employment Screening Resources (ESR), a nationwide background check provider accredited by The National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS®), Jared Callahan, a licensed Private Investigator and Director of Business Development for ESR, will present an in-depth 90-minute webinar entitled ‘Background Checks: Insider Tips on…

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Arrests President of Alleged Diploma Mill on Student Visa Fraud Charges

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In what may be one of the largest cases of a possible ‘diploma mill’ handled by federal agents, a two-year investigation by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) has resulted in the arrest of the President of an alleged ‘sham’ university – Tri-Valley University in Pleasanton, California – on charges that include…

Accredited Background Check Provider Employment Screening Resources Adds Client Relations Manager

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Employment Screening Resources (ESR), a nationwide provider of background checks headquartered in the San Francisco area and accredited by The National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS®), announced today that Orianna “Ory” Tucker has joined the ESR team as Client Relations Manager. Tucker will be responsible for all client care matters at ESR, said Lester…

Record Number of US Jobseekers with Criminal Histories Shows Need for Compliance in Employment Screening Background Checks

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 The number of Americans job seekers with criminal histories is larger than ever before and includes nearly 65 million people – over one in four U.S. adults – due to increased enforcement for nonviolent crimes like drug offenses and the release of more than 700,000 people from prisons each year, according to criminal justice experts…

Background Screening Volunteers and Workers for Faith Based Organizations Explained at 2011 National Safe Environment Conference

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Attorney at Law and recognized safe hiring expert Lester Rosen, President of national background screening provider Employment Screening Resources (ESR), will make a presentation entitled ‘Background Screening Volunteers and Workers for Faith Based Organizations’ at the 2011 National Safe Environment & Victim Assistance Coordinators Leadership Conference in Burlington, Vermont on Thursday, May 05, 2011. For…

Safe Hiring Expert Says Employers Not Performing Employment Screening May End Up Defendants in Court

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In remarks made at the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Employment Law and Legislative Conference held recently in Washington, DC, Lester Rosen, an Attorney and the author of ‘The Safe Hiring Manual,’ said every employer has a legal duty to exercise due diligence in hiring and employers that do not perform employment screening risk…