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Worksite Raids Over Illegal Aliens Expected To Continue   - July 6, 2007
The outcome of immigration reform legislation being considered by Congress will not affect the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) policy of increasing worksite enforcement to crack down on companies that hire illegal aliens, an immigration lawyer said June 25 at SHRM's Annual Conference and Exposition. MORE...

Tell the Whole Truth   - March 25, 2007
Almost everyone had been tempted to give their job application an extra boost. But there are always a few people who go beyond the over-the-top adjectives extolling their virtues on their cover letter. MORE...

Immigration Reality   - November 1, 2006
In 2007 a new reality show will unfold. The executive producer will be none other than the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is committed to "identify and prosecute employers who are blatantly abusing our immigration system." MORE...

Database may offer faster notice of workers' immigration status; Immigrants' status tough to find quickly   - June 2, 2006
The restaurant business is one of several that rely heavily on immigrant labor - but pretty much every workplace would be affected by one of the many changes in immigration law proposed by the U.S. Congress. MORE...

The Senate passes S. 2611 to provide for comprehensive immigration reform.   - May 30, 2006

2006 Immigration Legislation: Déjà Vu --The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986   - May 15, 2006
The perception that the nation's immigration woes are the fault of the business community and harsher penalties must be imposed on employers as a solution to the country's immigration woes is the common denominator of the 1986 and now the 2006 legislation. MORE...

Department of Homeland Security unveils comprehensive immigration enforcement strategy for the nation's interior   - April 20, 2006
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and Julie L. Myers, Assistant Secretary for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today unveiled a comprehensive immigration enforcement strategy for the nation's interior. MORE...

ICE agents arrest seven managers of nationwide pallet company and 1,187 of the firm's illegal alien employees in 26 states   - April 20, 2006
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff; Julie L. Myers, Assistant Secretary for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE); and Glenn T. Suddaby, United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, today announced the results of a nationwide worksite enforcement operation targeting IFCO Systems North America, Inc. ("IFCO"), the largest pallet services company in the United States headquartered in Houston, Texas. MORE...

Lies on job applications are no surprise   - April 17, 2006
The fact that people lie on job applications should come as no surprise to anyone. The stunner is that fudging credentials on the application is on the rise, a California screening service has said. MORE...

Firms Offer Background Checks   - April 14, 2006
Nearly 13 percent of health care industry applicants lied about their education and about 40 percent lied about their past employment, according to the study. About 13 percent of those screened in the education industry did not pass their drug tests. MORE...

In Wake of Student's Murder, Lawmakers Press To Allow Officers To Work as Bouncers   - March 15, 2006
As first-degree murder charges loom over the head of the bouncer suspected of killing a 24-year-old graduate student, Imette St. Guillen, lawmakers and security specialists are pressing for new security measures. MORE...

Business Insight   - March 13, 2006
It's troubling because employers [often] give disclosures to applicants authorizing background checks, so these people know there will be some kind of checking. MORE...

Firms' search for truth leads to new questions - Analysis of background checks shows employers how workers in their industry compare with others   - March 13, 2006
Who's more likely to fail an employment-related drug test: People applying for jobs as construction workers or as teachers? MORE...

Inaccurate or Exaggerated Resumes Can Lead to a Job Rejection or Worse   - March 12, 2006
Disgraced former RadioShack CEO David Edmondson isn't the only one to lie about college degrees on his resume; it seems that 14 percent of Americans have twisted the truth about educational attainment. MORE...

Oh, what a tangled résumé ... Job application lies can be career wreckers, so why so common?   - February 2, 2006
People who write résumés are trying to market themselves. So like businesses advertising products, perhaps it's not surprising that they sometimes polish the truth. MORE...

Services Goes Beyond Interview   - February 2, 2006
There was a time in this country when applying for a job meant dressing up, speaking intelligently, shaking hands firmly and maintaining eye contact. The person doing the hiring could judge someone's prospects on the spot, and if they couldn't, calls to the applicant's references would usually settle things. MORE...

Who is Checking the Background Checkers?   - November 28, 2005
Over the past several years, background screening has become a boom industry, fueled by increasing concerns about security and legal liability. Some 80 percent of employers now require background checks for all potential employees, according to the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (PRC), a consumer rights advocacy group in San Diego. MORE...

Potential Employees Checked Out   - September 17, 2005
Job applicants are having a harder time keeping their skeletons in the closet as more companies and organizations turn to background checks for help with hiring decisions. MORE...

Background Checks a Smart Step   - August 15, 2005
Conducting background checks on job candidates for security and legal reasons is common practice these days for restaurant operators, notes Barry Nadell, president of InfoLink Screening Services Inc., based in Chatsworth, Calif. And it's a good thing, he adds. MORE...

Pre-Employment Screening A Must For Employers   - July 18, 2005
What's the worst thing an employer can find out after hiring a new employee? That there should have been a good background check. It could have saved a lot of money, time and frustration and a lot more. MORE...

2005 Applicant Hit Ratio Analysis (January through June 2005)   - July 11, 2005

Protect Your Organization Against Negligent Hiring Suits   - June 21, 2005
Speaking to a packed house June 20 during his session at the SHRM Annual Conference and Exposition, Nadell said that nothing takes the place of thorough applicant background checking. However, no background checking process is foolproof, so it's crucial for companies to know how to obtain the most accurate information while remaining compliant with the myriad federal and state laws that regulate the industry. MORE...

Check the Records   - April 29, 2005
The background check is a required part of the health care hiring process, but one that may not be fully understood by applicants. Beyond offering increased safety for vulnerable populations, the background check can create a better work environment for employees, help protect employers and increase retention. MORE...

Hiring Presents Tricky Areas For Employers  - March 12, 2005
A welter of federal and state laws and legal decisions — and fears of lawsuits — have put tight constraints on what information you can ask someone you're considering for a job, or what information you can give about a former employee. MORE...

The Importance of a Complete Background Check  - February 16, 2005
What Human Resource and security professionals can learn from the above case is that criminals are learning that the primary identifier in court records is date of birth and that they can conceal their past by providing a false DOB. MORE...

Screening Helps Keep Six Flags Theme Parks at its Peak  - February 11, 2005
For Valencia, CA-based Six Flags Theme Parks, Inc., selecting and hiring the right employees presents unique challenges due to the sheer number of new hires and the fact that most hires are for somewhat “sensitive” positions MORE...

2004 Annual Applicant Hit Ratio Analysis   - January 5, 2005

Thorough Background Checks Create Safer Workplace - December 1, 2004
Unfortunately, as some hospital officials have learned, not all caregivers can be trusted to preserve and protect the lives of their patients. Consequently, employers are stepping up measures to prevent workplace violence and other crimes by scrupulously examining background records and employment histories of job candidates. MORE...

New Book Helps Employers With Background Checks - November 29, 2004
Barry Nadell makes his living helping employers avoid problem hires. Now he’s touring the country, promoting the idea of background checks and his new book that helps employers know what they can, and can’t, do. MORE...

Lies can kill your chances of getting hired - More companies relying on background checks - November 10, 2004
Companies are more and more often relying on background checks and employee screening services to keep the bad apples from getting in the door. Recent high exposure business scandals have not helped the chances of remaining undiscovered. Public companies and their employees are under a new scrutiny. MORE...

Bosses peek into job-seekers' pasts - October 13, 2004
Lying on job applications is not new. But these days it's getting harder to slip one by employers. Background checks, particularly criminal ones, are now almost de rigueur for big corporations. MORE...

The Cut of His Jib Doesn't Jibe - September, 2004
Background checks can protect a company from negligent hiring allegations and promote a safe environment for employees and the public. MORE...

Resumes getting checked twice - July 18, 2004
There is no full-proof way to catch every lie in a resume, even with the heightened awareness about past false background scandals. But schools and employers now are convinced that intensive background checks are a must for every new job candidate. MORE...

Update the resume, skimp on 'padding' - Employers scrutinizing information - June 21, 2004
In an era when the trustworthiness of corporate executives has come into question and "creative accounting" has been criticized, the need to detect a fudged truth starts the moment someone applies for a job. MORE...

Catch for Us the Foxes - Even in the Church, Background Checks Are a Necessity - April 30, 2004
Today, background checks are no longer a luxury -- they are a necessity. Churches are, and should be, more cautious than ever. MORE...

Check out the checkers - March 16, 2004
Background-screening companies have long helped large employers use criminal history and other checks to weed out undesirables, but now some firms are marketing to families. Consumer groups and background-searchers themselves say to know what you're buying and don't rely too heavily on the report. MORE...

Perfecting the Job Application - February 25, 2004
Employers can better screen candidates’ characters, skills, and criminal potential by having “solid” job applications and then following with background checks on the information. You might not only uncover a criminal conviction, but perhaps, a more subtle black eye of character - a white lie. MORE...

High unemployment spurs need for background checks - February 1, 2004
In today's world of rampant theft, violence, false workers' compensation claims and poor performance at the workplace, employers must protect themselves, their employees, their clients, customers and the public from potential employees who can cause them harm. MORE...

Background Checks: What Employers Should Know - January 20, 2004
Charles Cullen, a nurse who admitted to killing 30 to 40 patients in his 16-year career, didn’t seem to have trouble getting jobs at hospitals and nursing homes in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. MORE...

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