Verifying a prospective employee’s education verification is a crucial step in background checks. Some applicants may exaggerate their educational backgrounds and credentials on their applications. If you don’t check the credentials of your prospects, you run the danger of hiring unqualified, dishonest workers who might ruin your company’s image. Due to the propensity for applicants […]
FCRA: Everything Employers Need To Know
The FCRA (Fair Credit Reporting Act) is a law that the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) enforces to protect the accuracy and privacy of the information in credit reports. It also regulates how employers run and use background checks when hiring or promoting employees. Companies need to understand how FCRA relates to their employment screening program. […]
What You Need to Know About the EEOC Law
Almost all companies have policies in place to protect against discrimination of all kinds, however, many fail to implement them properly or responsibly because they don’t fully understand what they mean in practice. Understanding the EEOC law will help your company enact them correctly so you can set an inclusive tone from the top down. […]
Digital Identity Verification For The Hiring Process
Nowadays, even our own identities can be stolen. Identity is our quality that makes us different from other people. It includes our permanent traits like date of birth, ethnicity, and fingerprints and semi-permanent traits like height, weight, eye color, and name. Even employment screening companies use identity verification to get the correct people for the […]
Steps To Take: Candidate Disputes Their Background Check Results
The results of the background check may, however, occasionally turn up material that the candidate wants to dispute. The following are the most important factors to consider and actions you should take to handle background check result disputes in order to maintain legal compliance and provide a favorable candidate experience. Factors for Disputing Background Check […]
