(TNS) — California bars employers from asking job applicants about their physical or mental health, at least until they've been offered a job. But an occupational health company requires job-seekers ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Companies using criminal records or bad credit reports to screen out job applicants might run afoul of anti-discrimination laws as the government steps up scrutiny of hiring policies ...

Findings note that the FBI database is missing as many as 50% of all criminal records and that fingerprint-based records are updated irregularly, so they are often weeks or even months out of date.

I've been a police psychologist for 30 years; counseling, teaching, giving workshops, and writing books, both fiction and non-fiction. My fictional alter-ego, Dr. Dot Meyerhoff, has done a lot more ...

When I recently spoke at an industry event on the future of pre-employment screening, I joked that our industry isn’t usually ...

As companies seek out the best employees, biases in employment screening can threaten to sabotage their efforts. While the age of open data can provide more information on potential employees, it can ...

I need your help! I'm so frustrated. I'm the Office Manager for a branch of a national IT consulting firm, and because there's no HR person in our region I take on the HR duties, too. One thing I do ...

To make sure you’re only bringing in the best candidates for job interviews, screen resumes to filter out red flags and identify the most promising applicants.

While hiring for his soon-to-open fourth unit, Jon Schlegel, owner of the Denver-based breakfast concept Snooze, an A.M. Eatery, was pleasantly surprised to have job applicants volunteering access to ...

Most accounting jobs require candidates who demonstrate attention to detail and knowledge of routine accounting procedures; therefore, your preliminary screening will address those areas of the job to ...

I've been a police psychologist for 30 years; counseling, teaching, giving workshops, and writing books, both fiction and non-fiction. My fictional alter-ego, Dr. Dot Meyerhoff, has done a lot more ...