Screening / Assessment

LP Innovations enhances loss prevention offerings with background screening solutions

By HR Vendor News | January 6, 2012

Milford MA – LP Innovations, a leading service provider of loss prevention solutions across the United States and Canada announce an alliance with General Information Services, Inc. (GIS) to add background and employment screening solutions to their array of profit-improving solutions to the retail, restaurant, grocery and other consumer markets. “A good loss prevention program…

Upcoming AccuScreen Webinar

By HR Vendor News | January 3, 2012

In a December 20th Webinar, AccuScreen.com’s CEO will reveal ” The 7 Commandments of Using Facebook in the Screening Process.” TAMPA, FL — The rapid rise of online social media has drastically and permanently altered the world of employment screening, and not always to the benefit of employers. That’s the message that AccuScreen.com, an industry…

EmployeeScreenIQ Extends Submission Deadline for Annual Background Screening Trends Survey

By HR Vendor News | January 3, 2012

CLEVELAND / January 3, 2012 – EmployeeScreenIQ has extended the deadline for completing its third annual “Trends in Background Screening” survey to Monday, January 9. Over 600 human resources professionals have taken the six-minute survey so far, which measures thorny background check scenarios from the discovery of inflated resumes to criminal histories. Human resources professionals,…

Employment Background Investigations CEO Selected by Baltimore's SmartCEO Magazine as a Smart100 CEO

By HR Vendor News | December 29, 2011

Owings Mills, MD – December 28, 2011 – Employment Background Investigations, Inc (EBI), an industry innovator and leader in global background screening, drug testing and occupational healthcare solutions, recently announced that President and CEO Richard (Rick) Kurland has been named a 2011 “Smart100 CEO” by Baltimore SmartCEO magazine.  In the Baltimore SmartCEO Smart100 list that…

HR.com Challenges All Businesses in the Quest to Find the Ugliest Christmas Sweater in the Corporate World! Do You Own It?

By HR Vendor News | December 16, 2011

HR.com, the largest online social community dedicated to human resource professionals with over 1940,000 members worldwide, is on a mission to create a corporate culture based on values that maintain happy and productive employees.  As the company continues to incorporate a value based workplace, they would like to challenge other businesses to do the same. …

Background screening

By HR Vendor News | December 13, 2011

Tampa, FL, December 1, 2011 – Visiting Santa at the mall is a cherished holiday tradition for most families. Kids instinctively trust the jolly old fellow in the red suit. But did you ever stop to think who might be lurking behind Santa’s false beard? Kevin Connell is America’s leading background screening expert, dubbed the…

HealthFitness expands workforce to support 27 new clients added in 2011

By HR Vendor News | December 13, 2011

MINNEAPOLIS, MN Dec. 13, 2011 – Corporate leadership at HealthFitness is serious about the business of employee health – so serious that treadmill workstations are at the heart of its new Minneapolis office, and a HealthFitness-managed fitness center is located just one floor down. Computers are pragmatically provided at each treadmill, so associates can slip…

CERTPOINT client wins Brandon Hall Excellence Awards

By HR Vendor News | December 12, 2011

December 12, 2011 – CERTPOINT Systems, Inc., a leading global LMS provider, congratulates Popeyes® Louisiana Kitchen on winning the gold prizes in Brandon Hall’s Excellence in Learning and Talent Management awards. Popeyes earned gold in the Best use of Blended Learning and Best Onboarding Program categories. “We’re thrilled that Popeyes has had success with CERTPOINTVLS™,”…

EmployeeScreenIQ Measures Hiring Attitudes in Third Annual Background Screening Trends Survey

By HR Vendor News | December 9, 2011

CLEVELAND / December 9, 2011 – What would you do?  That’s the question EmployeeScreenIQ is posing to human resources professionals confronted with hypothetical and thorny background check scenarios– from the discovery of inflated resumes to criminal histories – in the provider’s third annual Employment Screening Trends Survey. The ambitious new survey, which probes deeper into…

iCIMS Breaks Record for Number of Clients Acquired in One Year

By HR Vendor News | December 9, 2011

Hazlet, NJ (December 9, 2011)- iCIMS, a leading provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) talent management solutions, announced today that the company has surpassed its previous record for the number of clients acquired in one year. On November 29th, the company signed its 228th customer of 2011. The announcement came just weeks after the company announced the…