As one company found out, the importance of employee background screening can protect both customers and the business itself from criminals. An ice cream business based in Ohio has been under a lot of scrutiny after a local news station reported that they employed a sex offender. According to WHIO, on July 21, 2010 a […]
According to The USDA Handbook on Workplace Violence Prevention and Response, “a sound prevention plan is the most important and, in the long run, the least costly portion of any agency’s workplace violence program.” This statement is underscored by the fact that workplace violence costs employers more than $120 billion every year. The National […]
In a recent USA TODAY Snapshots, their was a poll that asked 1,000 US workers a simple question. It was a rather shocking response.
“Would you feel comfortable taking items with you when leaving a job?”
Taken from SailPoint Survey of 1,000 workers. Weighted to represent actual population.
According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), nearly 2 million people are the victims of workplace violence each year. Workplace ranges from simple assaults to aggravated assaults. Even though police officers, corrections officers, and taxi drivers are at the highest risk of becoming victims of workplace violence, research indicates that, in general, […]
In A Tough Job Market, Resume Lies Reach New Levels Of Absurdity, Reports AccuScreen.
As job seekers have become more desperate, the number of people lying on resumes and job applications has spiked to 46% according to
AccuScreen’s 16th annual ‘Top 7 Resume Lies’ report.
TAMPA, FL — Resume lies, falsification rings, diploma mills, and […]
In A Tough Job Market, Resume Lies Reach New Levels Of Absurdity, Reports AccuScreen.
As job seekers have become more desperate, the number of people lying on resumes and job applications has spiked to 46% according to
AccuScreen’s 16th annual ‘Top 7 Resume Lies’ report.
TAMPA, FL — Resume lies, falsification rings, diploma mills, and […]
The 2008 article From the Editor-in-Chief’s Desk: The “Workplace-During-Recession” Reminding Us of Employee Rights and Responsibilities, published by Margaret H. Vickers in the Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal states that “many workplaces take on a subtle but definite shift in identity when the R-word (recession) is on the horizon. However, the outcome of this identity […]
FOUR STEPS TO BETTER DISCIPLINE
Question : I have a long-term employee who ties up the telephone with personal calls. Nothing I say seems to discourage her from continuing to waste her time and my money. How can I handle this? Does the fact that she has worked here for 17 years make termination a […]
I would like to know how other organizations conduct background checks. We use an agency and only check on Felonies for administrative staff. We rely on the applicant to disclose where they may have lived and then we search those counties or states as appropriate. This process is dependent on the applicant disclosing all places lived […]
It’s a morbid tale involving phony death certificates, staged funerals with paid actors, and coffins buried with no bodies, but in the end, it’s just a financial fraud scheme like thousands of others FBI investigates every year.
Earlier this month in Los Angeles, the fourth and final member of an insurance fraud ring was convicted in […]
Liars, con artists, and employment scammers are about to have their cover blown in a live webinar hosted by professional background screening expert Kevin Connell. In this free interactive webinar, Connell will share real stories of outrageous resume lies and reveal insider secrets of employment scam artists.
TAMPA FL — Today’s most prosperous liars, con artists, […]
The Worst Employees
These employees seem to cause or attract trouble wherever they go. The problems can be mild like the chronic troublemaker who always seems to have a hard time getting to work on time because the car had a flat tire or there was an “accident”. Then there is the extreme employee who can […]
