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

  • Background Screening and Investigations—Managing Hiring Risk From the HR and Security Perspectives
  • Foreword—Identity Security and Required Background Screening in the Workplaces of the 21st Century
  • Introduction
  • Managing Risk in the Hiring Process—What Are We Risking by Not Having an Appropriate Screening Process?
  • Legal Issues in Background Checks
  • The Role of Security in the Hiring Process
  • Insights From Background Screening Surveys1
  • Background Checking Policy1
  • Make or Buy1
  • The New Focus on Protecting Personal Identifiable Information
  • Infinity Screening—Never-Ending Background Screening1
  • Screening Strategies for Temporaries, Casual Labor, Consultants, Contractors, and Vendors
  • The Special Case of Sexual Offenders
  • The Other Side of Background Screening
  • International Background Checks—The New Frontier in Employment Screening
  • Future Trends in Background Screening
  • Sample Forms
  • Survey Results 2005 Background Checking Survey Report Results
  • Background Screening Certification Program
  • Sensitive Jobs Identification Worksheet
  • Terrorist Search
  • GE Candidate Data Protection Standards
  • Betrayal
  • Continuous Screening Get Support in Implementing a Continuous Post Hire Screening Program
  • How to Create a Culture of Security Consciousness
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