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How far back should you search criminal backgrounds for your applicants and employees? What are the restrictions in place? Should you search a different length...

In this Cisive Product Highlight series, we’ll review key tools to consider when screening your workforce, as well as top benefits and features when ordering...

Happy New Year!  We have made it through another year navigating the pandemic. Employers have continued to evolve with an ever-changing hiring landscape, including permanent...

Employers that use background screening methods to vet potential employees are likely aware of their obligations when making employment decisions based on a report’s findings....

On a federal level, legislation intended to ban the question about criminal records on all job applications was introduced in Congress in 2012 and was...

From background screening compliance to drug testing best practices, this year has been filled with employment law updates for HR leaders and hiring managers across...

At a time when the unemployment rate is 3.8 percent, SHRM data says that more than 7.8 million jobs will need to be filled by...

The seven-year rule is standard in human resources as part of most background check screening processes. It’s also been a rule that most HR leaders...

As the regulations tighten around screening candidates who have been previously incarcerated and as employers look for ways to find good talent, a growing number...

Screening candidates to fill a position has always been a challenge for employers, regardless whether or not a candidate has a criminal record. These important...