In a 2012 KPMG survey, 75% of American executives said they were expanding globally and 70% explicitly stated that they planned to expand their international employee base.
For such multinationals, the dynamic and global workforce offers a unique opportunity to hire high-caliber talent.
In recent years, there’s been a significant evolution in the regulatory and legal environment of employment background checks.
One of these changes is that employers are seeing more lawsuits being filed against them, alleging violations of applicant and employee rights under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).
Some of these accusations include inadequate authorization [...]
After emerging from one of the hardest recessions in decades, employers have been fretting over a seemingly pervasive skills gap. Why aren’t there enough qualified candidates despite the fact that we have nearly two job seekers for every available job?
This is particularly true in the fields of technology, science, and [...]
Ordering a background check for a potential employee seems like a fairly straightforward exercise: get the applicant’s information, send it to the background screening company, and receive a detailed background report that lets you know whether the applicant is clear to hire.
In reality, procuring a background check on a prospective employee is [...]
As workforces become more and more distributed across geographical boundaries, the efforts to effectively manage employees (and prospective employees) becomes more and more complex. This is particularly true when dealing with the issues of background checks and credential verification.
The employment laws of various states [...]
The sudden and swift growth of the Sharing Economy, also referred to as the Peer-to-Peer Economy, has challenged the status quo. Innovation always does.
While it certainly has stimulated lively debate among incumbent industries, the reality is that this phenomenon is far from a passing trend: its size was estimated at $110B in [...]
- Candidate Experience
- Contingent Workforce
- Credit Checks
- Criminal Background Checks
- Drug Testing
- e-Recruiting Integration
- Education Verification
- Employment Background Checks
- Form I-9 & E-Verify
- Health Care Background Checks
- International Background Checks
- Sharing Economy
- Small Business
- Social Media
- Transportation Industry
- Workplace Violence
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