Posts Tagged ‘Background Checks’

EmployeeScreenIQ Partners with GreenLightJobs

Monday, June 15th, 2009

Cleveland, Ohio-based employeescreenIQ, an employment background screening provider, and Santa Monica, California-based Greenlightjobs, a recruitment website specializing in the digital media and entertainment space, have announced a partnership that will allow hiring professionals using Greenlightjobs’ proprietary recruitment technology to utilize background checks for employment applicants around the world.

According to Nick Fishman, Chief Marketing Officer of employeescreenIQ, “This partnership allows us to broaden our market share into the media and entertainment industries and work with greenlightjobs and their marquis client base. We are excited for the benefits this partnership brings to our mutual client base and the marketplace in general.”

According to a press release, the partnership will enable both companies to leverage existing business relationships and integrate the employment background checks process through greenlightjobs’ job board technology, and securely transport the necessary data from employeescreenIQ without duplicate data entry, allowing for greater efficiency and ultimately reducing a company’s overall time-to-fill metric.

“This partnership positions our companies competitively, offering unique products and services to our clients,” said Lisa Kaye, Founder & CEO, Greenlightjobs.com

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DIY Background Checks

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

The popularity of pre-employment background checks has been increasing rapidly. Employers have found that these investigations help to decrease theft in the workplace and negligent hiring law suits along with often lowering the cost of some forms of insurance. Smaller businesses, which often do not conduct background checks, are the ones that would benefit from them the most because many offenders are attracted to these environments. Since the cost of professional background checks are often too much for these employers, those with tarnished records have found that it is easy to slip in undetected.

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Social Networking’s Impact on Background Checks

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

So, you’re applying for a job and are requested to submit to a background check. You know you’re credit is good and you’ve never had as much as a speeding ticket. You think you’re good, right? Think again.

A large portion of employers are now conducting a type of background check that’s less formal and doesn’t cost a dime. All they need is a computer, a working internet connection, and a username. Then all the information they’d never be legally allowed to pry from your lips, or you’d be too smart to give, is at their fingertips. And many are giving them exactly what they don’t want.

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Handwriting Analysis for Recruiting

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Written Inc. has developed a breakthrough technology which has led to the first significant improvement to the 150-year-old science of handwriting analysis. This week, the company released the latest version of their personality assessment tool, Candidate Insight(TM).

The enhancements made to this new version will help clients to virtually eliminate hiring mistakes. And, as the economy continues to slow and revenues shrink, more than ever, companies cannot afford costly hiring mistakes. One bad apple can ruin the culture, drive the good people out and seriously impact the bottom line.

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employeescreen University

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

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Back to School with employeescreenIQ

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

EmployeescreenIQ has announced the launch of employeescreen University ), a first-of-its-kind online, educational learning resource for human resource, security and risk-management professionals, which features regularly updated, free background-screening information aimed to help organizations make better hiring decisions.

“employeescreen University is pioneering. It’s an interactive learning tool designed specifically for human resource, risk-management and security professionals. Visitors to the Web site will have the opportunity to learn how to enhance their background-screening procedures with best practices, as well as obtain important information that affects their use of background checks. We are proud to offer this one-of-a-kind, free service,” said Nick Fishman, employeescreenIQ chief marketing officer and executive vice president.

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