The Dangerous Differences Between FBI Fingerprint Checks and Comprehensive Background Screening
Relying on fingerprint checks alone can lead to inaccurate information and costly mistakes.
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Background Checks
What Shows Up On a Background Check?
From criminal history to education verification, EBI explains the contents of what shows up on a background check.
Before You File: Is Your Tax Preparer a Crook?
Read this before you fall for a fraudulent tax preparer.
Four Common Background Check Misconceptions in the Age of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has created new challenges for the screening industry. Here’s what employers should consider when ordering background checks.
Top 5 Workplace Safety Trends for 2021
Workplace safety and health initiatives continue to take center stage as the pandemic rolls into 2021.
2020 in Review: State of Social Media Screening
Did COVID-19 impact our 2020 trend predictions about social media screening? Yes. But the real question is how badly.
2020 in Review: State of the Gig Worker
Our EBI prognosticators made bold predictions for 2020. Let’s see if COVID-19 messed them up.
How Background Checks Help to Hire the Best Fit Candidates
Building a talent acquisition process that gets the right talent with the right information at the right time by using background checks.
Too Hot for Social? Defining Acceptable Online Behavior for Employees
A recent poll conducted by our partner Social Intelligence reveals employers are most concerned about these aspects of employees’ online content: 65% Intolerance 35% Sexually Explicit 45% Potentially Violent 35% Potentially Illegal 8% Custom But how do businesses define thresholds for what’s acceptable social media content and what’s not? Are there different standards for different […]
The Definitive Return to Work Glossary
Implementing a Return to Work strategy and program is paramount in fending off COVID-19 and protecting your employees, clients, and visitors from a health, wellness, and safety standpoint. A Return to Work program also protects your physical assets and keeps you moving toward your business goals. EBI wants to help you prepare whatever Return to […]
Why Social Media Screening is Necessary for Informed Hiring
Even before COVID-19 changed our business practices, employers were using online resources to vet candidates. Now that much – if not all – of the hiring process has gone virtual, social media checks can help you get a better idea of which candidates could be a good fit. But there are risks involved. Here is […]
Do You Know Your State’s Marijuana Laws?
The rise of remote workers in response to the coronavirus pandemic has also renewed employer’s interests in drug testing. Namely – should you, and can you – drug screen your work from home (WFH) employees? And if so, what are the most reliable methods in this age of virtual work? These questions will likely steer […]
Blog Topics
Background Checks
- Seasonal Hiring: How Background Screening Can Save Companies Money this Holiday Season
- Your Top Background Check Questions Answered – Part Two
- Your Top Background Check Questions Answered – Part One
- Don’t Let Sloppy Background Checks Scare Up Bad Hires This Holiday Season
- Drug Testing Delays are Happening: Here’s How to Deal
Drug Testing
I-9 & E-Verify
COVID-19
- Major League Baseball is Back – What Businesses Can Learn From Baseball’s Safety Measures
- Does My Business Still Need a Return-to-Work Safety Plan Now That There Are Vaccines?
- Read, Listen, and Subscribe! Get the Most out of Hiring and Recruiting in 2021 with These Experts
- How Health and Safety Technology May Save Us All in 2021
- Top 5 Workplace Safety Trends for 2021
Workplace Health & Safety
- Update to Our Workplace Update: Who’s Opening and Who’s Not?
- Industry Look: How the Staffing Industry Can Prioritize Worker Safety as Hiring Booms
- Industry Look: How Retail Can Prioritize Healthy Workplaces as Hiring Accelerates
- Is Zoom Dysmorphia Real?
- Industry Look: What Parents Should Ask About Summer Camp Safety
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