Background screening of job candidates is a sign of the times in today’s workplace, but what are hiring managers and HR really getting out of them?
This new 2013 survey – Employment Screening Practices and Trends: The Era of Heightened Care and Diligence — from EmployeeScreenIQ offers some answers and insights on “how companies use background checks to make hiring decisions in a climate of rapidly evolving federal and state employment laws and the ongoing specters of workplace theft, violence and negligent hiring litigation.”
Some of the top findings of the survey: (more…)