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Doing Your Due Diligence Checking on potential hires is fraught with hazards, legal and otherwise. Get written consent, and make sure policies are consistently applied. A signed and dated application is a must; be clear that lying on the form is grounds for dismissal.   |
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Background Checks: What You Need to Know With background screening now the norm, employers and employees should be aware of how checks are done and how to protect themselves. |
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Background Checks Worries about personnel integrity are creating a few worries of their own. Apart from the philosophical question of whether the practice violates an applicant's right to privacy, widespread use of elaborate background checks poses several problems for employers. |
IndustryWeek
May 16, 2012
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Do You Use Background Checks? EEOC updates guidance on use of arrest and conviction records. |
Job Journal
March 15, 2009
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Put a Professional to Work for You Don't overlook an underutilized resource: professional placement services. |
Job Journal
July 30, 2006
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Temporary Agencies Becoming a Permanent Solution More and more, temporary employment agencies are asked to supply companies with employees beyond the typical fill-in secretary or clerical worker. |
Entrepreneur
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Just Checking Should you conduct ongoing background checks on your employees? |
Financial Advisor
July 2006
David L. Lawrence |
How To Hire The Perfect Employee Look at why you want to hire someone -- and what job they'll do. |
IndustryWeek
April 1, 2002
Patrick Hernan |
Looking For Trouble Employees' backgrounds face closer scrutiny in the wake of Sept. 11... |
Job Journal
February 27, 2005
James Challenger |
Career Pros: Worry is a Waste of Time How can you explain a ten-month gap on your resume? What can you do for a good reference? The first thing someone in this position must do is to stop worrying. |
Job Journal
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Rich Heintz |
Temp Agencies If you aren't including staffing agencies in your job search, you may be overlooking one of the quickest ways to get yourself hired. |
Entrepreneur
July 2004
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Here to Stay When you're looking for new hires, temps may not be as temporary as you might think. |
Job Journal
June 12, 2005
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When Your Job Search Stalls . . . Is a private employment service the answer to your job search? |
AskMen.com
Jasper Anson |
Illegal Interview Questions Job interviews are stressful enough, but illegal interview questions make things worse. What should you do if you are asked these questions that shouldn't be asked? |
Job Journal
July 16, 2006
James E. Challenger |
Career Pros: Employers Aren't That Desperate Despite reports of a labor shortage, you still must apply yourself. |
Job Journal
March 14, 2010
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Career Pros: Bogus Resume is a Loser's Bet A resume with inflated accomplishments could blow up in your face. |
Job Journal
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Career Pros: Personalize Your Interview Interview rules are made to be broken -- sometimes. |
Job Journal
January 11, 2004
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Temps Working Their Way onto Permanent Payrolls Many prove their worth via temporary assignments. |
Job Journal
May 30, 2010 |
Temporary Assignments Can Turn Into Permanent Positions As employers start to add permanent staffing, temporary help is in a hire position. |
Job Journal
May 2, 2004
Bob Rosner |
Working Wounded: When Ex-Bosses Talk Trash Some on-line help and strategies for countering rotten reference checks. |
Job Journal
March 26, 2006
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Can You Consult Your Way to Your Next Job? Project or consulting work can help you pay the bills while leaving you ample time to job search. And those temporary assignments might also lead to full-time employment. |
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February 2012
David Lawrence |
How To Hire Right Three steps that will help you avoid choosing the wrong person for a job. |
AskMen.com
Sunder Ramachandran |
The Pitfalls of Faking Your Resume Lying on their resume might be one of the dumbest -- and the most damaging -- things someone could do to their career. |
Job Journal
November 26, 2006
Rich Heintz |
You Can't Rush a Government Job Patience can pay off when you endure the government's hiring process. |
Entrepreneur
September 2003
Chris Penttila |
Risky Business Should a prospective employee's credit history determine whether he or she gets the job? |
Job Journal
October 30, 2005
John Challenger |
Career Pros: Countering a Checkered Past Jobseekers often feel sensitive about their employment records, but they should stop haunting themselves about any skeletons in their career closets. |
Entrepreneur
April 2009
Mark Henricks |
How to Interview for Integrity Background checks are great, but skilled interviewing is even more essential. |
Job Journal
August 22, 2004
James Challenger |
Career Pros: The Confidence Game Jobseekers often feel sensitive about their employment history, for various reasons. But for a successful job interview, you must be positive and confident. |
Job Journal
April 12, 2009
James E. Challenger |
Reframe the Flaws in Your Employment Record Jobseekers often feel sensitive about their employment records. However, when you approach your job search with built-in negative attitudes, you are only creating obstacles for yourself. Learn how to re-frame rough patches in your record as positives. |
AskMen.com
Gregory Batts |
How To Hire The Right Person Tips on how to hire the right person for the job. |
Fast Company
August 2000
Ron Lieber |
The Permatemps Contretemps It is the dark side of Free Agent Nation. Here's how the mix of Microsoft's human-resources policies, unwilling temps, high-tech union organizers, and "permatemp" agents produced unintended consequences -- and a cautionary tale. |
Fast Company
Pavithra Mohan |
Uber Relaxes Screening Requirements For California Drivers The company is intentionally easing up on its screening requirements, to give nonviolent criminals a chance to become Uber drivers. |
Food Processing
April 2013 |
MRO Q&A: Hiring Best Practices for Mechanics We have hired several mechanics with considerable experience over the past four years, and they have not performed to our expectations. What are some hiring best practices we might be able to use? |
Job Journal
January 17, 2010 |
2010 Job Market Outlook: Job Growth Begins to Take Hold as Employers Gain Confidence 2009 began with the largest downsizing the American job market has received in over a decade. With all future forecasts predicting job growth, the question remains, when will job creation finally begin to outpace job elimination? |
AskMen.com
January 8, 2003
Steve Richer |
How To: Do A Background Check With today's advancements in technology, nobody can afford to get into a business relationship with strangers. Here's how to perform a background check on someone, within the limits of the law. |
Entrepreneur
October 2004
Chris Penttila |
Management Buzz 10/04 Business plans and game plans... "Online applicant" newly defined... etc. |
National Defense
July 2015
Terry L. Elling |
How to Recruit Government Workers For many government contractors, current and former government employees -- including military service members -- comprise an experienced and valued source of talent. |
Job Journal
June 20, 2004
Bob Rosner |
Working Wounded: Overqualified and Unemployed Employers are leery of highly experienced, well-educated applicants. |
Job Journal
May 3, 2009
Penelope Trunk |
Brazen Careerist: Finessing Reference Checks How to look like a winner when employers check your references. |
Investment Advisor
November 2007
Angela Herbers |
Draft Picks One of the most difficult tasks in the area of human capital management for independent advisors is screening and interviewing potential employees. Here are eight specific questions to ask. |
BusinessWeek
March 20, 2006
Jena McGregor |
Background Checks That Never End A new security outfit takes a close look at potential hires, and then keeps on looking. |
BusinessWeek
January 19, 2004
Joseph Weber |
Not Just A Temporary Employment Lift? Temp hiring seems to be on a steady rise at last -- and that's a good sign for the whole job market |
Financial Advisor
April 2008
David Lawrence |
Mission Critical If financial service firm owners fumble when it comes to hiring a new employee, it is generally because there is no set process to accomplish this critical task efficiently and effectively. |
Job Journal
July 23, 2006
Bob Rosner |
Working Wounded: Problems with Peer Interviews Is there real value in peer interviews? Or are companies just trying to bypass interview restrictions? |
Information Today
September 17, 2015 |
iCIMS Shares Findings From Employee Referral Program Study iCIMS released its study findings on the impact of employee referral programs on employee satisfaction. |
Job Journal
March 15, 2009
John A. Challenger |
Career Pros: Job Changes Increase Your Value With loyalty downsized, a broad range of experience is more prized. |
Job Journal
November 29, 2009
Julia Penny |
Turn Your Holiday Job Into a Career Those with holiday jobs are perfectly positioned for promotion to permanent status. |
AskMen.com
March 8, 2001
Armando Gomez |
Being Overqualified: You're Too Good For The Job Being overqualified is the perfect example of a catch-22; you need qualifications to get a job, but having too many is a problem... |
Job Journal
July 4, 2004
Bob Rosner |
Working Wounded: Too Good To Be Hired? Extensive experience makes workers expensive to employ. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2009
Prachi Patel |
Experts Expect Resume Fraud to Rise In an economic downturn, the temptation to pad CVs is strong |
