Employment Screening Resources (ESR) offers the following tools and resources to help employers better understand background checks for employment purposes.
ESR Background Screening Tools & Resources
Here is material from ESR to help employers better understand the background screening process.
Here are some articles and reports from ESR about the background screening process.
Here are some additional resources about the background screening process from the Professional Background Screening Association (PBSA), formerly the National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS).
- Background Screening: Trends in the U.S. and Abroad (August 2021)
- Background Screening: Trends and Uses in Today’s Global Economy (June 2020)
- How Human Resource Professionals View the Use and Effectiveness of Background Screening Methods (May 2019)
- How Human Resource Professionals View the Use and Effectiveness of Background Screening Methods (May 2018)
- Employers Universally Using Background Checks to Protect Employees, Customers, and the Public (June 2017)
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ESR founder and CEO Attorney Lester Rosen wrote the book on background checks with “The Safe Hiring Manual.” To learn more about services and solutions from ESR, please fill out the form to the right.





