As an HR Manager, do you think you are background check savvy? Take our quick employment background check trivia quiz to find out if you really do know your stuff! Q1 – What percentage of employers conduct background checks? 67% 96% 83% 52% Q2 – Authorization and Disclosure forms can be combined per the FCRA. True False Q3 – What …
January 2017 Stay Sharp, HR! Newsletter
Newsletter January 2017
TAKING OUT THE TRASH TALKERS: Office Gossip
Office gossip is one of the quickest ways to lower employee morale and decrease productivity. According to stats from the Huffington Post, if a company has 200 employees and each employee spent one hour a day trading gossip, that would result in $160,000 of lost productivity each month. That’s a loss of $1.92 million a year (based on $40 p/hr, salary …
Tom E. Laundry: That’s Not in My Job Description!
It’s been a busy time around the office. Stephanie is on maternity leave. Bob just retired. And Valerie is in the Bahamas for two weeks. With so many people gone, the boss had the nerve to ask me to help out with some of THEIR responsibilities. I told him, “That’s not in my job description.” He grumbled and mumbled …
MBI Worldwide Offers Award Winning Customer Service
YES, WE HEARD ABOUT THAT EMPLOYEE BACKGROUND SCREENING COMPANY MERGER TOO! All of a sudden, BAM – Where did the customer service that you were so used to… GO? Not all employee background screening companies are created equal. Big screening companies are buying up the smaller and mid-size companies left and right and integrating their “big business” attitude when it …
MBI Worldwide’s Top 10 Employee Background Check Blog Posts
You asked, we delivered. Here is a list of MBI Worldwide’s Top 10 employee background check blog articles of 2015. Identity Theft in the Background Screening Process How Well Do You Really Know That Job Applicant? It’s Time To Analyze Your Background Screening Program Bad Guy, Nice Suit MBI’s Background Screening and Best Practices Guide Ban the What? Oh Ban …
FCRA ADVANCED CERTIFIED LEADERS
In the employee background check industry, FCRA Advanced Certification = Compliance In addition to MBI Worldwide’s national accreditation, we are also require that our management team hold FCRA Advanced Certifications. They are among an elite group of people in the United States to obtain this credential.
BAD GUY, NICE SUIT
We’re taught at an early age to not judge a book by its cover. AND THEN WE GET JOBS IN HR… I’m totally kidding. Often times it’s because we think the worst of someone based on his or her appearance. Someone covered in tattoos or piercings or an unkempt look may get a bad reputation right off the bat.
HR GOALS FOR 2016
MBI Worldwide Background Checks
Social Security Trace VS Social Security Verification
One of the most common misconceptions in employee background screening requests is the difference between a social security trace and a social security verification. Typically, an employment background check consists of a social trace, which is an instant search administered based on the number submitted by the applicant. The search returns all the credit header information associated with that number …
