Companies continue to increase the frequency and depth of using social media web sites to find and screen job applicants. So, job seekers should be aware that information on Facebook and LinkedIn and Twitter, etc. is being viewed by prospective employers to make employment decisions. SHRM recently released its survey  of HR professionals with the […]

We believe that people will behave for you as they have behaved in the past. People usually don’t change. Having said that, we always advise that an employer take into account the individual’s age at time of conviction, the nature of the conviction and its relation to essential duties of the job and the time […]

Many employers respond to a prior employment verification by just verifying name and hire/separation dates. The reason is usually that they want to avoid a defamation lawsuit. My purpose in this article is to highlight the “other side” of the coin i.e. negligent referral. What is negligent referral? Courts have increasingly held that employers have […]

Why is it important to know how your background investigation firm performs criminal conviction searches? There is a right way to do the background investigation and a short-cut way to do the background investigation. Shortcuts can result in fines and penalties and lots of legal trouble. First some background on the process. Most firms cannot […]