Archive for the tag 'employment screening'

Drug Tests for Older Employees

All right, so this is really tongue in cheek.  Well, sort of.   Having recently read an article on Yahoo News, entitled Marijuana Use By Seniors Goes Up As Boomers Age,  I couldn’t help but wonder what most employers would do if they find out through preemployment drug tests that their more senior executives are huffing [...]

Controversy Over Credit Reports as Background Checks

For quite some time now employers have been ordering job candidate’s credit reports as part of their series of background checks.   the credit reports, it has been long believed, will not only reveal someone’s credit, but will show their ability to manage money and provide also a better sense of their behavior patterns.   The credit [...]

Corra Group Expands its Drug Screening Services

(Los Angeles) Corra Group has expanded its pre-employment packaging services to assist different business sectors in selecting appropriate background checks for their respective industries. “Corra is about being user friendly,” said Nick Gustavson, Co-Founder of the Corra Group. “We believe the enhanced packages will make it easier for Human Resources Manager to select the background [...]