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What is the first thing that you think of when you hear the word, background check? When I started at Sterling Talent Solutions, it was the first time that I had to complete a background screen before I could be officially hired. I wasn’t sure of the process or how long it would take and…

There have been many changes in employment law in the last few months. A few states and cities, including California, Oregon and New York City, have passed legislation for banning salary history during the hiring process. The salary history ban was just one of the six major employment law updates that California will enact as…

Sterling Talent Solutions recently surveyed 500+ US-based employers in 33 industries about their background screening use to gain key insights into emerging trends, technology and more. The 2017 Background Screening Trends & Best Practices Report uncovered details about how HR professionals think about the components of the hiring process and how they relate to the background…

The word “safe” has many meanings and can vary per person and the surrounding environment. Feeling safe is to feel secure, protected from or not exposed to danger or risk and out of harm’s way. We all strive to be safe. We drive safely, keep our family out of harm’s way (such as baby proofing…

Pack up the car and get ready for a background screening road trip! Sterling Talent Solutions surveyed 500+ U.S. based employers regarding their use of employment background checks for our just released, 2017 Background Screening Trends and Best Practices Report. The surveys represented 33 industries including consulting, educations, healthcare, manufacturing, not-for-profit, staffing and technology with the responses coming from managers, business owners, executives and key company stakeholders. We created a snapshot of current screening practices, priorities and challenges of the hottest issues of the background screening industry in our infographic, Your Background Screening Roadmap.

Every month the Department of Labor releases their unemployment statistics for the previous month. For the last eight years since the Great Recession, the employment level has seen a tremendous amount of growth (compared to the dark days of 2007 to 2009 when the unemployment rate was at 10%.) Today, the unemployment figure is at 4.3%, with this rate predicted to hold steady or drop slightly by the end of the year. The economic growth, which has been growing in the last eight years, has helped expand the job market and allow companies to hire more people.