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Here’s Why Pre-employment Background Checks Exist

HR Digest

Here’s why pre-employment backgrounds checks are so important: . I explained that I was doing an employment verification on John Smith. the manager said. Employee screening is not only important for employers. A pre-employment screening can help employers can find out a lot about each new hire.

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How to Assess Leadership Skills When Hiring

Strategy Driven

Although most hiring managers will often look at skills related to the role itself, other skills such as teamwork, leadership, and communication shouldn’t be overlooked. A lot of people might consider leadership skills unimportant unless hiring for a management position, but in reality, they’re applicable in just about every role.

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How to Use Psychometric Testing In Recruitment

HR Digest

The use of psychometric testing in the recruitment process is becoming common among HR managers in their candidate selection process. The efficacy is determined by how the HR manager had deployed it. This is because the cost of hiring bad candidates is over 3 times their annual salary. Understand the law.

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Modern Day Screening: The Importance of Pre-Employment Testing to Discover the Ideal Job Candidates

Strategy Driven

More Reasons Pre-Employment Testing is Valuable. One thing that must be carefully scrutinized is whether or not a given pre-employment screening has information that will fulfill the criteria necessary for proper matching.

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How to conduct pre-employment background checks?

HR Digest

HR managers need to address the question of qualification a little deeper. Ask these questions too, especially if the position is mid manager and higher level: Does the applicant have all the necessary licensing or certification qualifications required? Why did the applicant leave the previous job?

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How to Improve Your Human Resources Department: 5 Key Steps to Success

Strategy Driven

This starts with pre-employment screening. With the assistance of applicant screening software, you can easily take a closer look at a potential employee’s background. Instead, specialist HR management software makes the task an easy one. Rewarding work. Employees like to feel appreciated.

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The Final Piece to the Quality Hire Puzzle

Strategy Driven

Your company’s hiring managers are working tirelessly to write accurate job descriptions. A Career Builder survey of more than 6,000 hiring managers, worldwide, reveals some eye-opening global stats about just how much a bad hire can wreak company havoc. Talent Management Best Practice 1 – Ensure Employability.

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