Background Screening and Investigations: Managing Hiring Risk From the HR and Security Perspectives
- 7h 45m
- Kim M. Kerr, W. Barry Nixon
- Elsevier Science and Technology Books, Inc.
- 2008
Hiring highly qualified people is crucial to every company, and Background Screening and Investigations is an essential guide to succeeding in a turbulent business environment. A crucial part of any hiring process should be employment background screening, pre- and post-hire, which gives hiring personnel a glimpse into a person's past behavior patterns, propensities, and likely future behavior.
Background Screening and Investigations describes all aspects of the employment background screening processes - its history and evolution, the imperative for implementing a screening process, and the creation of a comprehensive policy. Nixon and Kerr show how security and human resources professionals can work together to negotiate legal hurdles and make their background screening process successful.
- Where do HR and security perspectives differ on hot topics like hiring convicted felons, data protection, and sexual predators?
- What does state law allow when screening job candidates?
- How should companies deal with emerging issues like international background investigations and continuous (Infinity) screening of current employees?
In this Book
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Background Screening and Investigations—Managing Hiring Risk From the HR and Security Perspectives
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Foreword—Identity Security and Required Background Screening in the Workplaces of the 21st Century
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Introduction
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Managing Risk in the Hiring Process—What Are We Risking by Not Having an Appropriate Screening Process?
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Legal Issues in Background Checks
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The Role of Security in the Hiring Process
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Insights From Background Screening Surveys1
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Background Checking Policy1
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Make or Buy1
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The New Focus on Protecting Personal Identifiable Information
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Infinity Screening—Never-Ending Background Screening1
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Screening Strategies for Temporaries, Casual Labor, Consultants, Contractors, and Vendors
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The Special Case of Sexual Offenders
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The Other Side of Background Screening
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International Background Checks—The New Frontier in Employment Screening
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Future Trends in Background Screening
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Sample Forms
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Survey Results 2005 Background Checking Survey Report Results
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Background Screening Certification Program
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Sensitive Jobs Identification Worksheet
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Terrorist Search
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GE Candidate Data Protection Standards
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Betrayal
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Continuous Screening Get Support in Implementing a Continuous Post Hire Screening Program
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How to Create a Culture of Security Consciousness
