What does your digital footprint look like? With the current prominence of social media, it’s essentially your entire online presence – a complete history of your activity on social networks and other publicly accesible websites. A digital footprint is more than...
With an abundance of online resources right at our fingertips, many employers are turning to social instead of traditional screening. As social is the popular choice it is not the smartest. Don’t get me wrong, social can be an effective part of the screening process...
The EEOC guidance that came out in early 2012 has had quite an impact on the HR industry. Prior to April 25, 2012, the EEOC discouraged employers from inquiring about arrests in employment decisions, due to the risk of disparate treatment (adverse impact) on certain...
While driving into the office this morning and thinking of what to blog about today (this really happened), I was flipping through channels on Sirius Radio, and stopped on Fox News when I heard Elizabeth Hasselbeck on Fox & Friends ask the following question:...
1. Inaccurate Job DescriptionsNo matter the excuse employers should always take the time to come up with an accurate job description. By hiring someone who doesn’t fully understand the position an employer opens themselves up to risks including: disgruntled employees,...
Today’s post is the last of our three part series on criminal records. In case this is the first you’re hearing of it, the past two days we have published posts focused around criminal records. Tuesday’s post started with criminal record searches at a county...
