As a Human Resource Manager for your company, you work with the “data of people”—but are you giving yourself the chance to focus on the individuals behind the numbers? The following tips will help you concentrate on seeing the big picture, engaging with employees, and humanizing your hiring practices. Ultimately, the most successful HR Managers know […]

Running a business with constant turnover can be stressful—it decreases productivity and puts unnecessary strain on your current employees. Sometimes this turnover can be due to company culture, workload expectations, or training techniques, but often the issue is that you’ve hired the wrong person for the job. Finding the right people to help your company […]

True or False: Temporary hires don’t work as hard as full-time employees. False. Joe Broschak, Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior at the University of Illinois, said regarding a temp worker study: “On average…temporary workers displayed better performance relative to goals compared to their full-time counterparts.” Furthermore, it was found that those with full-time potential don’t start to […]

Outsourcing your pre-employment screening can take a lot of responsibility and liability off your plate. Third-party screening can assure that the information you receive on your candidates is obtained legally, and lowers the risk of exposing you to sensitive information about potential employees. Your HR team will do the final analysis, so why not make […]

This month in Background Screening in the News, we will be delving into the role of criminal background checks throughout the country. Recently, there’s been a shift in how criminal records are viewed and how they should apply to job seekers. Many of the changes have seen criminal background checks pushed to the end of the hiring process […]

As a property manager, your number one goal is to secure reliable tenants for your landlords.  To achieve this, your company will produce delightful marketing, provide quick and efficient maintenance and repairs, and create web portals for accessible rent collection and requests to entice the cream of the crop.  The one thing you have no […]

According to the latest Indeed 2018 Job Forecast, companies plan to replace nearly 30% of their part-time roster with full-time employees. What does that mean for human resource managers? More work. The new job opening equates to more resumes, correspondence, recruiting, application reviews, interviews, and, of course, hiring and onboarding. If you are going to succeed at work […]

You can’t be too careful these days when it comes to hiring new employees. If you don’t already have a good pre-employment background screening process in place, you’re putting your company, other employees, and your customers at risk. As a hiring manager, you’re always busy. When you don’t have an HR department, you might feel […]

The retail industry has some unique aspects to consider when it comes to pre-employment screening.  It’s a high turnover industry. Hourly store employees experience a turnover rate of about 65 percent. Seasonal employees, teenagers, or other part-timers can make it a revolving door of employees passing through your doors. So, is it worth the expense of […]

When screening potential new employees or vendor partners, you need a central place to keep track of everyone–whether you partner with them or not. You also need a secure solution to monitor and protect private data and sensitive documents. You could use encrypted hard drives or paper files in a locked file cabinet, but with […]