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?
1. Introduction 2. Chapter 1: Managing Risk in the Hiring Process 3. Chapter 2: Legal Issues in Background Checks 4. Chapter 3: The Role of Security in the Hiring Process 5. Chapter 4: Insights From Background Screening Surveys 6. Chapter 5: Background Checking Policy 7. Chapter 6: Make or Buy 8. Chapter 7: The New Focus on Protecting Personal Identifiable Information 9. Chapter 8: Infinity Screening: Never-Ending Background Screening 10. Chapter 9: Screening Strategies for Temporaries, Casual Labor, Consultants, Contractors, and Vendors 11. Chapter 10: The Special Case of Sexual Offenders 12. Chapter 11: The Other Side of Background Screening 13. Chapter 12: International Background Checks: The New Frontier in Employment Screening 14. Chapter 13: Future Trends in Background Screening 15. Sample Forms 16. Survey Results 2005 Background Checking Survey Report Results 17. Background Screening Certification Program 18. Sensitive Jobs Identification Worksheet 19. Terrorist Search 20. GE Candidate Data Protection Standards 21. Betrayal 22. Continuous Screening Get Support in Implementing a Continuous Post Hire Screening Program 23. How to Create a Culture of Security Consciousness 24. Index
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?
1. Introduction 2. Chapter 1: Managing Risk in the Hiring Process 3. Chapter 2: Legal Issues in Background Checks 4. Chapter 3: The Role of Security in the Hiring Process 5. Chapter 4: Insights From Background Screening Surveys 6. Chapter 5: Background Checking Policy 7. Chapter 6: Make or Buy 8. Chapter 7: The New Focus on Protecting Personal Identifiable Information 9. Chapter 8: Infinity Screening: Never-Ending Background Screening 10. Chapter 9: Screening Strategies for Temporaries, Casual Labor, Consultants, Contractors, and Vendors 11. Chapter 10: The Special Case of Sexual Offenders 12. Chapter 11: The Other Side of Background Screening 13. Chapter 12: International Background Checks: The New Frontier in Employment Screening 14. Chapter 13: Future Trends in Background Screening 15. Sample Forms 16. Survey Results 2005 Background Checking Survey Report Results 17. Background Screening Certification Program 18. Sensitive Jobs Identification Worksheet 19. Terrorist Search 20. GE Candidate Data Protection Standards 21. Betrayal 22. Continuous Screening Get Support in Implementing a Continuous Post Hire Screening Program 23. How to Create a Culture of Security Consciousness 24. Index
