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Honesty, Best Policy with Background Checks

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Think your skeletons will stay firmly lodged in your closet? Think again. According to the Society for Human resource Management, 80 percent of employers conducted criminal background checks on applicants. In addition, 79 percent looked in to the previous work history of potential employees and 35 percent did credit checks. With those statistics, there’s a […]

Pre-Employment Drug Screening

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

Drugs change a person’s reaction time, personality, and ability to concentrate. Because of this, it’s no surprise that few employers want to deal with workers who abuse such illegal substances. For the most part, large businesses have policies to cover drug screening employees.
Smaller businesses, however, are more likely to unknowing hire drug users. […]

Video Resumes

Sunday, November 18th, 2007

Although many job search websites seem to be pushing video resumes as the newest and fastest way to gain the attention of hiring managers and recruiters, the truth is simple; they aren’t. For most of the population there are too many difficulties to over come in order to create a successful video resume. Aside from […]

Are Video Resumes Fair?

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

The latest trend in job search is video resumes.
Whether they are a fad or not, is to early to tell. One thing is certain, good looking people will fair well. But what about the not-so attractive, yet equally skilled people? Are video resumes fair?
Is it right to allow employers to view potential candidates before […]

Applicant Tracking Systems

Thursday, June 21st, 2007

With hundreds of resumes to manage, applicant tracking software can make any hiring manager’s job a whole lot easier. Businesses grow and change constantly, making it important for one to be able to quickly access the applications of individuals who may compliment the company.
Software that isn’t flexible may not be able to grow or change […]

Pre-Employment Screening

Thursday, March 22nd, 2007

As the name indicates, pre-employment refers to “prior to employing” or “before hiring” someone for a job, or simply signing a contract for employment. Screening means “full” checking or viewing. So the term pre-employment screening means viewing or checking a person’s history before employing him/her for proposed jobs, or signing any employment contract. The method […]

Employment Drug Screening

Thursday, February 22nd, 2007

It’s Everyone’s Obligation
To test or not to test…it is not a question. Rather it is an obligation for both employers active in recruiting and every employee on the payroll team. In the business world, survival of the fittest is the general rule. Therefore, a company has its own interests and agenda to protect. This, in […]

Internet Recruiting

Wednesday, November 15th, 2006

There it sits, taunting you. A disheveled pile of classifieds gathered from all the local newspapers. Somewhere in that haystack is your job or career, somewhere in that haystack is your livelihood.
To make things more complicated you get to decipher the lost language of the classifieds agent. “p.t. posn, min. qual., char. refs. nec., comm. […]