
Approximately thirty (30) minutes of reading providing an introduction to safe hiring.
Background Screening Can Help Boss and Applicants
— Introduction to the benefits of background screening and legal considerations.
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Checking for Crimes
— What employers can–and can't–find out about applicants.
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Use Your References Well
— Introduction to reference checking of job applicants.
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Credit Reports and Job Hunting
— Article by ESR for both employers and job applicants on the role of credit reports and employment.
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Special Report: Complying with the Fair Credit Reporting Act in Four Easy Steps
— This special report reviews the steps that employers need to take to comply with the Fair Credit Reporting Act in conducting Pre-employment background screening of job applicants through a Consumer Reporting Agency such as Employment Screening Resources.
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Special Report for Hospitals and Health Care Providers
— "Outsourced Pre-employment Screening," by Les Rosen, president of ESR. This is a report on how hospitals and health care facilitates outsource this important task.
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Why Applications are Key
— Column in the November 16, 2000 Sunday San Francisco Examiner/Chronicle by Lester S. Rosen, President of Employment Screening Resources.
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The Top 10 Signs You are Hiring a Lawsuit Waiting to Happen
— Employee lawsuits often catch employers by surprise. Yet an examination of the employee's application shows that an employer could often have predicted well in advance that they were hiring a lawsuit just waiting to happen. By looking for the following ten (10) danger signals an employer can avoid hiring a problem in the first place.
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Ten Safe Hiring Tools
— When recruiters, hiring managers or human resources professionals need to fill a position, it's not enough to simply look for the proper skills set, experience, or a good fit. Employers must also determine if there are reasons not to hire the candidate. Without taking some measure to ensure safe hiring, it is a statistical certainty that a firm will make costly hiring mistakes. Fortunately for employers, there are ten evaluation tools that can be used immediately at no cost.]
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An Introduction to Background Screening and Safe Hiring
— Even with all of the advantages of a screening program, many employers still have questions and concerns about implementing background checks. These are the eight most commons concerns that employers express.
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