Hospitals, Healthcare Providers to Save Time and Money with Outsourced Background Screening Services REDDING, CA (March 2, 2009) – Pre-employ.com Inc. – a leading provider of background screening services and other risk management solutions – today announced that it has been awarded a three-year contract for background screening services by Premier Purchasing Partners, L.P., the group purchasing unit of Premier, Inc., one of the nation’s largest healt... [More]
*We welcome relevant comments and questions from consumers, experts, and human resources professionals. Please do not submit comments with advertisements as they will not be posted publicly. Thanks for visiting our blog!
Trackback URL: http://www.pre-employ.com/blog/post/2009/02/25/Business-Solutions-Provider-Pre-employcom-Inc-Awarded-Background-Screening-Contract-by-Premier-Purchasing-Partners-LP.aspx
Tags: background screening, background check, pre-employ.com, premier | Categories: News | Press Release
With three million people losing jobs in 2008 and nearly 600,000 more workers joining the ranks of the unemployed in January of 2009, employers are now faced with a tidal wave of job applicants and an ocean of qualified candidates. While employers may enjoy the wide variety of choices available, now more than ever they must use background checks to ensure that they are choosing the most qualified person for the job. To gain more information on individual applicants du... [More]
Trackback URL: http://www.pre-employ.com/blog/post/2009/02/24/Background-Checks-and-Social-Networking-Sites.aspx
Tags: background checks, background screening, privacy, social networking sites | Categories: Background Screening | Privacy
With layoffs and foreclosures rising, bad employer credit checks can get in the way of landing good jobs. As a result, the federal government and several states are considering new rules to stop employers from unfairly screening out job applicants who fail employer credit checks. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) – a critic of employer credit checks – is considering issuing guidelines on how employer credit checks should be carried out. According to... [More]
Trackback URL: http://www.pre-employ.com/blog/post/2009/02/19/New-Guidelines-Considered-for-Employer-Credit-Checks.aspx
Tags: employer credit checks, credit checks, fraud, negligent hiring | Categories: Background Screening
According to a recent U.S. Labor Department report, the storm of unemployment has developed into a hurricane as 598,000 people lost jobs in January 2009, the most layoffs in a single month since 1974. About half of the 3.6 million jobs lost since the recession started in December 2007 occurred during the last three months, the report also indicated, leading to a surge in Unemployment Insurance (UI) claims. Obviously, a rise in unemployment leads to a rise in unemployment claims. Accordin... [More]
Trackback URL: http://www.pre-employ.com/blog/post/2009/02/09/Unemployment-Claims-Surge-as-Nearly-6002c000-US-Jobs-Lost-in-January.aspx
Tags: unemployment claims, unemployment insurance claims, ui claims, unemployment claims management, unemployment insurance claims management, ui claims management | Categories: Unemployment Claims Management
On January 27, 2009, the Pre-Employ.com Family of Companies – a nationwide leader in Human Resources services and solutions – sponsored a complimentary webinar “What New York Employers Need to Know about Recent Changes in Background Screening Requirements.” In the webinar, expert guest speakers Pamela Devata and Scott Paler of Seyfarth Shaw LLP explained how New York's General Business Law was amended to impose broader notice requirements on employers using cr... [More]
Trackback URL: http://www.pre-employ.com/blog/post/2009/02/03/WEBINAR-e2809cWhat-New-York-Employers-Need-to-Know-about-Recent-Changes-in-Background-Screening-Requirementse2809d-(View-On-Demand).aspx
Tags: background screening, background check, employment screening, new york, | Categories: Background Screening