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The Magnificent Seven: The Coming Trends that Will Impact Background Screening
When you publish the leading e- newsletter for the professional background screening industry
(The Background Buzz) your monthly preparation involves reading hundreds of articles and publications that deal with hiring, recruiting, talent management and acquisition. Add to this numerous newspapers from around the world, business journals, blogs of every sort you can imagine and management publications. It‘s the price I have to pay to stay informed about what is happening in the hiring world to keep the information we provide to our readers fresh and relevant.
Distilling this down to seven key trends at one level is farcical, but from a writing perspective ‗magnificent seven‘ flows nicely and sounds good. Conspicuously absent from my top trends are some items that are, in my opinion, inherently obvious, so I chose not to highlight them. The first is the binge that we are currently on with class action lawsuits for FCRA violations. Three more cases that I am aware of were filed in December and it is highly likely this pattern will continue into 2015. The second issue that is becoming ubiquitous is the march to use mobile technology. The use of mobile devices has stimulated a revolution in consumer marketing and selling; and is now morphing into wearable technologies. Some time in the not too distant future there will be breakthrough for applying this technology to the hiring process and we will see unprecedented change.
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2014-15 BACKGROUND SCREENING INDUSTRY BUYERS GUIDE
Background Checks: What Employers Can Find Out About You
To cover their bases, many companies are hiring third- party screening firms to do a background check that goes well beyond checking your references and verifying your employment history. Legally, they have to get your consent first. But once they start digging, they can find out everything from whether you have a penchant for drinking and driving to whether you have a hard time paying your bills on time. Background reports may check for any number of items: criminal records, sex offenses, liens, judgments and bankruptcies, drug test results, as well as your education and income history.
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The U.S. Has More Jails Than Colleges. Here‟s a Map of Where Those Prisoners Live.
It's often been remarked that our national incarceration rate of 707 adults per every 100,000 residents is the highest in the world, by a huge margin. We tend to focus less on where we're putting all those people. But the 2010 Census tallied the location of every adult and juvenile prisoner in the United States. We have slightly more jails and prisons in the U.S. -- 5,000 plus -- than we do degree-granting colleges and universities. Localities spend tens of thousands of dollars per prisoner each year -- and often much more than that -- to house, feed and provide them with medical care.
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What to Know About Expungement of Criminal Records
Rapid growth in the number of Americans listed in an FBI criminal-records database has raised the profile of a legal process often called expungement. Here‘s what to know about expungement: A lengthy arrest record, even from long-ago incidents, can create a troublesome situation for an individual trying to get a job, loan, professional license or even acceptance into college. Each state dictates how or whether criminal records can be removed, and even the language for the process differs. Some states have ―expungement‖ laws that can lead to the destruction of criminal records, while sometimes expungement only limits public access to a record.
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