by Nick Fishman

We’re happy to provide this week’s TWIB Notes as you head into your Labor Day Weekend.  In case you missed our various blog posts and employeescreen University news and notes, here’s a recap of the highlights:

Newsworthy Items

• More Fallout from St. Regis Diploma Mill Scam- Poor Regis University is caught in the aftermath
• Background Checks in Schools- We finally found a positive story about background checks in school.  As we send our kids back to school, usually scratch our heads and ask why schools can’t get this right

Court Closures

• Many state of Louisiana Parishes have announced court closures as they brace for Hurricane Gustav
• All U.S. Courts will be closed for Labor Day Monday, September 1st

Legislative Update

• California Employers Beware on AB 2918 - If passed this bill would severely restrict the use of employment credit reports by California employers.

That’s all I’ve got!  Have a great long, happy and safe Labor Day weekend.

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by Nick Fishman

Time for another installment of employeescreenIQ’s TWIB Notes (This Week in Background Checks)!  I can already feel the excitement from our readers (hi Mom!).

This week’s post is especially exciting because earlier today, Jason Morris and I recorded a podcast version of the notes, so if you couldn’t get enough of the written post, go ahead and super size it with our Podcast Channel. The week of August 18th brings us the following:

Highlights from employeescreen University:

• Guest Article from Kristy Megna at iCIMS, A New Era in Talent Management
• Release of The Verifier XVI, our company newsletter
• employeescreenIQ’s Rob Thomson writes about using adverse information in your hiring decision
• HR Executive Article about Continuous Employment Background Checks

From the Blog:

• Madison Square Garden Sued Over Background Check- Woman sues MSG for discrimination in hiring practices
• Madison Square Garden Sued Over Background Check Revisited- Okay, so I had the greatest intentions with my first post.  But I made one mistake.  Check it out.
• New Jersey Shifts Gears on Diploma Mills- I guess they decided that looking the other way was a bad idea.
• Texas State Database Not All It’s Cracked Up to Be- Who knew that a state repository wasn’t a complete one-stop shop for criminal records??? (okay, you got the sarcasm, right?)

That’s all I’ve got.  I’m going to pretend to work for a couple more hours today.  Have a great weekend!

Don’t forget to have your pets spade or neutered!  (What, I can’t steal from Bob Barker?)

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by Jason Morris

In addition to the subject matter content expert podcast interviews from this year’s SHRM Conference, we also  conducted “man [or woman] on the street” interviews with some of the attendees that stopped by the employeescreenIQ booth.  Today, we are excited to posting the last of these interviews.  Among the topics discussed were their thoughts and attitudes and employment screening and background checks. Our favorite responses came when we asked about the biggest resume lies they had seen over the years.

Derek Moss, Director ISR HR - University of Michigan

Veronica Michie, Director of HR - Howard County Health Department

Letie Spiak, HR Director - Tuthill

Tanisha Morris, HR - RJ O'Brien & Associates

by Jason Morris

In addition to the subject matter content expert podcast interviews from this year’s SHRM Conference, we also conducted “man [or woman] on the street” interviews with some of the attendees that stopped by the employeescreenIQ booth.  Last week we posted the first few attendee interviews.  Here are three more!  Among the topics discussed were their thoughts and attitudes and employment screening and background checks. Our favorite responses came when we asked about the biggest resume lies they had seen over the years.

Karen Conaway, SR HR Rep at Delta Faucet

Carrie Tuma, HR Specialist - Villa St. Benedict

Ryan Anderson, HR Rep - Foundation Coal West, Inc.

by Jason Morris

In addition to the subject matter content expert podcast interviews from this year’s SHRM Conference, we also conducted “man [or woman] on the street” interviews with some of the attendees that stopped by the employeescreenIQ booth.  Today, we are excited to post the first few attendee interviews.  Among the topics discussed were their thoughts and attitudes and employment screening and background checks. Our favorite responses came when we asked about the biggest resume lies they had seen over the years.

Moira Long, Director of HR at the Mann Eye Institute

Steven Wolf, President of Pendeo Homecare

Erica Leezer, HR Generalist at Harley Davidson Financial Services

by Jason Morris

employeescreenIQ’s Jason Morris sat down with Lori Morgan, Alliance Manager at HRSmart to talk about the emergence of Applicant Tracking Systems. One of the trends Lori highlighted was the need for ATS solutions that integrate many different services. She also elaborated on how organizations can use ATS to save time and money. Take a listen.

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by Jason Morris

employeescreenIQ’s Nick Fishman sat down with Sybil Romley, President & CEO of Spectrum to talk about the emergence of Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS). One of the trends Sybil highlighted was the need for organizations of all sizes to build programs that are easily customizable so that individual development can be kept at a minimum.  Take a listen.

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by Jason Morris

employeescreenIQ’s Jason Morris sat down with Industry Pioneer Bruce Berg. Berg, President of Berg Consulting Group talks about the state of the industry, how it started and some insight into today’s economy.  Berg owned one of the first employment screening firms and consults today to many in the industry. Take a listen.

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by Jason Morris

The employeescreenIQ podcast channel is now live on our blog.  Since the beginning of July we have been posting some exciting podcasts from this year’s SHRM Conference.  In the coming weeks you will find many more exciting podcasts covering a myriad of topics and issues. If you have suggestions on future broadcasts, feel free to email us!

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by Jason Morris