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Background Checks, and Their Boundaries
NYTimes.com (United States), December 1, 2010
Case Study of OfficeDrop: Checking the backgrounds of job candidates to ensure that only trustworthy employees handle client documents (without violating candidate privacy or breaking the bank). More>
Take the Risk Out of Hiring
Caterersearch.com (United Kingdom), August 6, 2010
You don't need to be a security expert to realise how vulnerable hotels are to employee fraud and other forms of subterfuge. More>
Trust Nobody
Security Matters (Canada), May 2010
In today's economic climate, companies can ill afford to hire the wrong person. So with more and more people "stretching the truth" to gain employment, it is imperative Canadian businesses perform their due diligence in the way of background checks to ensure future staff are who they say they are. More>
In Job Hunting, Honesty Is Still the Best Policy
The Wall Street Journal (United States), April 25, 2010
What's the harm in a little white lie on your résumé, especially if it will help you finally nab that full-time position?
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Last line of defence
FT Adviser (United Kingdom), March 25, 2010
The economic crisis provoked much clamour for greater and tougher regulation and the trend for greater numbers of regulatory enforcement actions is unlikely to reverse this year.
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The Hot List: 2010 Employment-Related Screening Providers
Workforce Management (United States), February 2010
Workforce Management's annual listing of the top employment-related screening providers in the United States. More>
Immigration Crackdown Shifts Focus to Employers
The Wall Street Journal (United States), July 2, 2009
The Obama administration announced a crackdown Wednesday on hundreds of companies suspected of employing illegal immigrants, signaling a shift in strategy: going after employers instead of workers.
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Beware the Risky Business of Résumé Fraud
Financial Times (United Kingdom), March 5, 2009
I was deeply shocked by a recent survey that suggested 30 per cent of job applicants embellish the truth or lied on a curriculum vitae. Can the figure really be that low? I have always assumed CVs were riddled with evasions, half-truths and downright whoppers. More>
Background Screening: Making Sound Recruitment Choices
Human Resources, the official journal of the Hong Kong Institute of Human Resource Management (Hong Kong), December, 2008
With so much talent currently available, companies should not allow a poor decision to result in the hiring of an unqualified job candidate. A sensible place to start is to make a thorough check of candidates' credentials during the selection process. More>
Officiating to a Standard: Background Screening
Referee Magazine & National Association of Sports Officials (United States), 2008 Summit Publication
Statistics show that a surprisingly large percentage of the population has something in their backgrounds that may be a red flag preventing them being officials. What do Background Checks turn up? It depends on where you look. Different checks turn up different information, not all of which might be relevant to screening officials. More>
Economy Promises to Fuel Résumé Fraud
Wall Street Journal (United States), November 17, 2008
Practices Vary for Vetting Prospective Employees, but Executives Usually Face Tougher Background Checks. The revelation last week that at least 10 senior executives and directors at publicly traded companies had corporate biographies claiming unearned academic credentials raises a question: How well do companies vet prospective hires? More>
Inflated Credentials Surface in Executive Suite
Wall Street Journal (United States), November 13, 2008
Inflated academic credentials in the nation's executive suites may be more common than generally thought. A survey of 358 senior executives and directors at 53 publicly traded companies has turned up at least seven instances of claims that individuals had academic degrees they don't have. In some cases, the slip-ups don't appear to have been intentional, and may have been caused by misunderstandings. More>
Vetting 101: What business can learn from the Palin pick
Financial Week (United States), September 8, 2008
Like presidential hopefuls, companies can find themselves in quick need of a qualified and dynamic individual to fill one of their most visible senior positions. Yet when vetting potential candidates—be they internal or external—can a company ever know exactly what it's getting when making a key hire? Can a top manager or board afford to simply go with their gut over an exhaustive due diligence process? More>
United Kingdom: National Pre-Employment Screening Association Launched In UK
NAPBS Press Release (United Kingdom), July, 15 2008
The majority of European background screening professionals in London have agreed to form the European Group of the NAPBS (National Association of Professional Background Screeners) trade association. More>
No excuse for employing crooked security guards
Supermarket & Retailer (South Africa), June 24, 2008
With the level of sophistication that background screening companies in South Africa have achieved in rooting out crooks and gangsters from the workplace, there was absolutely no excuse for the security industry to employ convicted criminals. More>
Study: Criminal background hits for health-care applicants approach 17%
Atlanta Business Chronicle (United States), June 11, 2008
Criminal background screening hit ratios are on the rise in the health-care and financial services industries according to risk consulting company Kroll. More>
More job applicants ‘lying in CVs'
Business Day (South Africa), June 11, 2008
MORE than 14% of the 40000 job applications verified by a leading credential verification agency every month contain outright lies about experience and qualifications. More>
Background Checks: What You Need to Know
Business Week (United States), May 29, 2008
With background screening now the norm, employers and employees should be aware of how checks are done and how to protect themselves. More>
Honesty always best policy when writing up your resume
Chicago Tribune (United States), May 4, 2008
Fibbing on your resume is a really bad idea. First, you probably will be found out by the army of commercial background screeners that employers deploy to scour resumes, check criminal records and pull credit histories. More>
Employee monitoring: checks and balances
Personneltoday.com (Europe), April 15, 2008
Employers who knowingly hire illegal migrant workers now face a £10,000 fine or a prison sentence. Does this mean HR has to keep closer tabs on employees? More>
Work Rules; Job seekers: Get used to full disclosure; Nervous employers are digging deeper into your past, and it's better to confess the facts than get caught.
Los Angeles Times (United States), March 27, 2008
Nervous employers are digging deeper into your past, and it’s better to confess the facts than be fingered. More>
County helps businesses hire foreign workers
Maryland Gazette (United States), 16 March 2008
Anne Arundel County leaders took steps this month to help businesses sift through the complex web of laws for hiring foreign-born employees. More>
Fake CVs reach an all-time high
The Independent (South Africa), February 02, 2008
Taking on new staff should be vigilant because fraudulent curriculum vitae accompanying job applications have reached epidemic proportions in South Africa. More>
Background Checks Are Front and Center
Business Week (United States), January 01, 2007
Potential B-school students are advised to learn from the real world of business. That includes the bad episodes as well, such as the incident last year in which RadioShack (RSH) Chief Executive David Edmonson was forced to resign over résumé inaccuracies. More>