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 compliance, client education, product standards, service standards, and general business practices.
«When employers have
a background screening firm perform past employment verifications, it is critical that the screening firm have the knowledge about states and cities that prohibit such questions as well as software that helps facilities compliance,» explains ESR founder and CEO Attorney Lester Rosen, author of «The Safe Hiring Manual,» a guide for employment background checks.
Although employers may request
that background screening firms perform this function, there are a number of drawbacks.
Not exact matches
«Many human resources professionals believe that how a person has
performed in the past is the single best indicator of how they will
perform at your business,» said Lester Rosen, an attorney and the CEO of Employment
Screening Resources, a background screening firm based in the San Francisco
Screening Resources, a
background screening firm based in the San Francisco
screening firm based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
As a
background screening firm with a risk management heartbeat, we continually remind our operations team of the human connection to the work they
perform.
Employment
Screening Resources (ESR)-- a nationwide
background check firm accredited by The National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS ®)-- does not rely upon home based operators to perform employment and education veri
background check
firm accredited by The National Association of Professional
Background Screeners (NAPBS ®)-- does not rely upon home based operators to perform employment and education veri
Background Screeners (NAPBS ®)-- does not rely upon home based operators to
perform employment and education verifications.
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.
In an article recently published on the National Public Radio (NPR) website, Attorney and safe hiring expert Lester Rosen, founder and CEO of
background check
firm Employment
Screening Resources (ESR), says employers must
perform a kind of balancing act with
background checks since «every story of a person denied a job because of some youthful indiscretion decades in the past» is usually balanced by a «case of a registered sex offender whose record was not properly checked before being hired for a job involving interaction with the public.»
ESR
performs 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.
One reason for impeding access to
background screening firms and mandating rules that discourage
background checks is that the Court Executive Officer believes employers should instead use
background checks
performed by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Written By Thomas Ahearn In the «Independent republic of California,»
background checks are
performed much differently than in the other 49 states, according to Attorney Lester Rosen, Founder and CEO of San Francisco, CA - area
firm Employment
Screening Resources ® (ESR).
These stories reveal the difference between a data broker offering instant searches of arrest records online and a professional
background screening firm that
performs actual court searches with FCRA compliance.
The vast majority of private employers need to utilize the services of a
background screening firm to
perform a
background check.
Because a
background screening firm has no way of knowing if the online information is accurate, it is difficult for
background screening firms to
perform this service consistent with the FCRA.
In an article recently published on the National Public Radio (NPR) website, Attorney and safe hiring expert Lester Rosen, founder and CEO of
background check
firm Employment
Screening Resources (ESR), says employers must
perform a kind of balancing act with
background checks since «every story of a person denied a job because of some youthful...
As a member of ConcernedCRAs, Employment
Screening Resources (ESR) does not offshore PII and all processing and preparation of background checks are performed exclusively in the United States, with the only exception being international verification using information outside the U.S. ESR was also the third U.S. background screening firm to become «Safe Harbor» Certified for data privacy pr
Screening Resources (ESR) does not offshore PII and all processing and preparation of
background checks are
performed exclusively in the United States, with the only exception being international verification using information outside the U.S. ESR was also the third U.S.
background screening firm to become «Safe Harbor» Certified for data privacy pr
screening firm to become «Safe Harbor» Certified for data privacy protection.
The business practices of a
background screening firm are the foundation that helps them
perform accurate and professional
background checks.
In other words, due to the FCRA,
background screening firms may not be best suited to
perform these types of «social network
background check» searches.
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The general business practices of a
background screening firm go a long way in making sure that company
performs accurate and thorough
background checks.
The business practices of a
background screening firm are the foundation that helps them
perform accurate and...