With hundreds upon hundreds
of background screening firms to choose from, employers faced a confusing landscape of competing screening providers that made it hard to distinguish one background screening provider form another.
In addition, some employment
background screening firms sell «national criminal records databases» to employers without appropriate safeguards to ensure that the information they are delivering is accurate and up to date.
Many employers in order to ensure a uniform and consistent process, will require a staffing firm to utilize the
same background screening firm the employer uses for their own hires.
He founded Employment Screening Resources (ESR), a Northern California - based nationwide
background screening firm accredited by the National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS), in 1997 with the mission to ensure safe workplaces for employers, employees, and the public.
«A lot of companies have strict policies that only let managers confirm a past employee's job title and dates of employment,» says Jeff Shane, president at Allison & Taylor, a professional
background screening firm based in Rochester, Michigan.
Employment Screening Resources ® (ESR) is a
global background screening firm located in the San Francisco, California area that welcomes talented and qualified individuals who want to work for an innovative and fast growing company.
By Lester Rosen, Employment Screening Resources (ESR) President & Thomas Ahearn, ESR News Editor Employment Screening Resources (ESR) Fourth Annual «Top Ten Trends in Pre-Employment Background Screening» for 2011 — Trend # 10: New Accreditation Standards Help Employers
Select Background Screening Firms Before this year, employers were largely on their own when selecting a background screening...
While many
background screening firms do follow best practices to ensure that the information received by employers is accurate, some big databrokers sell instant criminal searches to employers without regard to the accuracy of their data.
Employment Screening Resources ® (ESR)-- «The Background Check Authority ®» — is a nationwide
background screening firm located in the San Francisco, California - area that is accredited by the National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS ®).
ESR does all processing and preparation in the U.S. in order to protect applicants and employers, the only exception being when performing an international verification using information residing outside the U.S. ESR was also the third
U.S. background screening firm to become «Safe Harbor» Certified for data privacy protection.
Employment Screening Resources (ESR), an accredited
background screening firm headquartered in the San Francisco Bay area, announced today that background screening industry veteran Brad Landin has joined the ESR Management team as Head of Production.
An accreditation program for background screening agencies created by The National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS ®)-- a nonprofit trade association representing the background screening industry founded in 2003 — is helping to promote ethical business practices and establish standards for
background screening firms performing employment background checks in the following areas: consumer protection, legal...
Two popular caregiver screening websites that help people find babysitters and elder care helpers using background checks performed by
national background screening firms approved several applicants with arrest records, according to a report by NBC Chicago's Unit 5 Investigative Team.
A
large background screening firm facing a class action lawsuit alleging inaccurate reports in violation of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) failed in its attempt to have the FCRA declared unconstitutional on the basis that it violates the right to free speech under the First Amendment.
Vu Do, vice president of compliance for Houston - based
background screening firm PreCheck, said adoption across the entire organization appears to be the preferred approach to ensure compliance and consistency for employers operating in multiple jurisdictions, some of which may be subject to ban - the - box laws.
Rosen goes on to state that although the NCLC report «makes recommendations to help prevent reoccurrence of situations where job applicants have been the victim of inaccurate reporting or sloppy processes, the report loses credibility due to an apparent lack of objectivity as well as a lack of knowledge of how professional
background screening firms operate as most of what they propose are standard procedures for professional background screeners.»
As mentioned in one NY Times editorial — and as reported in an ESR News blog posted August 8, 2012 — a leading
background screening firm agreed to pay a $ 2.6 million penalty to settle FTC charges that it violated the FCRA multiple times, without admitting any wrongdoing, in a case representing the first time the FTC has charged a background screening company that delivers reports to employers with violating the FCRA.
Employment Screening Resources ® (ESR) is a leading global
background screening firm providing on - demand access to compliant and accurate background check services that empower employers and HR professionals to make informed hiring decisions.
It is the policy of the Employment Screening Resources (ESR) News Blog not to identify
background screening firms named in lawsuits that are in pleading stage since allegations are not facts, and there have been no factual or legal determination of any issues.