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Questions About Your Personal Check? Here’s What to Expect

Personal background checks provide valuable insights that can help you in both personal and professional capacities. While the words “background check” may inspire thoughts of fingerprint collection, long wait times, and inconvenient communication with third parties, the process of obtaining a personal background check is actually very simple and painless. Here is what you can […]

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Using Pre-Offer Screening to Vet Applicants

According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers, approximately 47.5 percent of interviewed candidates receive a job offer. Furthermore, about 69 out of every 100 offers are accepted. This means out of 100 candidates interviewed, 67 never become employed. Assuming a first interview lasts 20 minutes, that is over 22 hours invested in interviewing

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How HR Leaders Are Driving Change In the Industry

Human Resources is a growing field. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates show that the demand for HR managers will increase by roughly 15,500 positions per year over the next decade. As attracting top talent becomes increasingly important, organizations are turning heavily to an employee-centric hiring and leadership approach. Such an approach aims to find

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Preparing for the Upcoming Seasonal Hiring Wave

Seasonal hiring is a tricky balancing act. Volume, quality, quick time-to-hire, temporary positions… These can be difficult things to mingle together successfully. When considering that the average nationwide ‘time-to-fill” is around 25 business days, and the busiest season for most retail/consumer goods companies spans from Thanksgiving to Christmas (roughly 30 days), temporary hiring can become

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Re: Candidates – What to Know About Pre-Employment Drug Tests

Pre-employment drug tests are typically conducted at the tail-end of the hiring process, so it is no surprise that they can cause a bit of anxiety. Standing between the candidate and their new position often lie the results of their drug screen. While Peopletrail has a collection site network of well over 10,000 clinics across

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Substance Abuse Trends Among U.S. Workforce

Substance abuse has become a rising problem among the working class in America, increasing risk to employers and employees. This issue coincides with the mental health crisis and presents some slightly concerning trends. Let’s look at some of the contributing factors to substance abuse in the workplace and the implications these trends may have.  Factors

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Using Social Media to Identify Key Hires

Social media is everywhere.  What started as a means of digital communication and expression has grown into a multibillion-dollar data and advertising industry where information on over one-third of the world’s population, products, and companies can be publicly accessed. The use of social media has evolved into a necessity for many— a tool employers are

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