Recruiting Blogs

When something was on the line and there was something tangible to be had, we all ran around like Wall Street moguls. I wanted the donated TV so bad and I was determined to get it.

Application volume fell markedly—37%—from December 2010 to December 2011, relieving some of the pressure placed on recruiters by too many (often low quality) applications.

Newly proposed legislation in California, Assembly Bill No. 1450 (AB 1450), would fine California employers and employment agencies that refuse to consider jobless applicants for job openings if passed. The bill is part of an effort to help stop discrimination against unemployed Californians looking for work by employers or employment agencies only interested in hiring applicants who already have a job.

HR and recruiment managers again must begin with firm and documented understandings of the organization's "operating processes, management systems, business structures and culture".

I sent an email to both authors acknowledging that while the practices of some screening companies have led to events such as these, that the industry is not to blame, but rather the few who operate recklessly. Below, is a copy of that email sent to authors Michael Liedtke from the Associated Press and Jordan Robertson, now from Bloomberg News.

For the past five years, Employment Screening Resources (ESR) – a nationwide background screening firm accredited by the National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS®) – has compiled a list featuring emerging and influential trends in employment screening background checks for employers. The trend of criminal background checks of job applicants by employers coming under greater scrutiny of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has topped the fifth annual Employment Screening Resources ‘Top 10 Trends in Background Checks’ for 2012.