According to a survey published on the Staffing Industry Analysts website, employers will be hiring more contingent or temporary employees.  The report notes that the estimate is a 26% increase in contingent workers over last year.   Not bad, although contingent workers tend to get paid less than staff employees.   Also, seldom are contingent [...]

Here is a new public relations release that addresses the increased need for international background checks.  this is especially the case with education verificaitons and employment verification, as more than a few of your employment candidates maybe be telling tall tales about their education and work experience.   In fact, they could be lying through their teeth.   Anyway, find [...]

I know Chatham, New Jersey, but then I don’t know Chatham, N.J.  My cousin lives there and as such I am familiar with the demographic–affluent, educated, the kind of place where vandalism can garner major attention.  In fact, sometimes I joke with my cousin, sardonically referring to the excitement there. And then a custodian  is suspected of murdering the church [...]

Talk about  pre-employment screening and the use of credit reports has stirred up much controversy.  Some states have prohibited employers from running credit reports on prospective employment candidates unless there is a direct relation between the employment position and the reason for the credit report.   If the employment applicant is working in finance, for [...]