By Diane Zwirecki
Maintaining robust credentialing records for every healthcare professional on your payroll includes verifying the information they supply you, as well as making sure they process new applications and update their licenses and certification in a timely fashion. If you drop the ball on this responsibility, you risk staggering financial penalties, some as high as $10,000 Read more »
By Mike Wiley
When there’s hiring to be done, you want to complete it as quickly as possible. The longer your positions go unfilled, the more pressure it puts on your organization. Productivity may suffer, deadlines may be missed, and revenue may tumble. In short, you need people in the seats. This is why background check turnaround time Read more »
By Diane Zwirecki
Recruiting trends, like so much in life, have been altered dramatically during the past year by Covid-19 and its repercussions. As described by the Society for Human Resource Managers (SHRM), the pandemic has been a “historic change agent” as “virtually recruiting and onboarding a remote workforce have become the norm for many.” How will the Read more »
By Diane Zwirecki
As an employer, you should know the ins and outs of candidate background checks and how far back they can extend so that you can make informed, responsible decisions. When all is said and done, it’s about hiring the right people and reducing risk to your current team members, clients, visitors, and your company reputation. Read more »
By Diane Zwirecki
You’ve completed pre-screening, one-on-one interviews with a candidate, and you feel confident they’d make a good hire. Do you really need to check their references, too? The answer is a resounding “yes.” Often dismissed as an unnecessary formality, professional reference checks are an excellent opportunity to gain an outside perspective on a candidate. They can Read more »
By Kristen Wakulchuk
Time to hire – how long it takes you to select and hire the best candidate for a role – is one of your most important recruiting metrics. Equally critical are your cost per hire and quality of hire. They’re like the three legs of a stool: if even one of them weakens, the whole Read more »
By Kristen Wakulchuk
You conduct candidate and employee background checks for reasons critical to your business, including protecting your employees, customers, and other stakeholders from harm, as well as improving the quality of your hires and meeting legal and regulatory requirements. Background checks also safeguard your company’s reputation and help reduce or prevent theft, embezzlement, and other criminal Read more »
By Kristen Wakulchuk
Before you buy a product or service, how do you know you’ve made the right choice? If you’re a smart consumer, you’ve done your homework and learned as much about your pending purchase as you can. And one of the best, most credible sources for this critical information is reviews by others who have already Read more »
By Kristen Wakulchuk
The inevitable has happened: one of your best employees has given their two-weeks’ notice to accept another job. It happens (hopefully, not very often), and when it does, you need to quickly fire up your recruitment process and find a replacement. This can be highly stressful, to say the least. In the interest of not Read more »
By Kristen Wakulchuk
In hiring, as in almost every aspect of life and work, things have changed dramatically this past year. There will still likely be several unknowns as you turn your corporate calendar to January 2021. But while they may look a bit different, certain best practices will remain rock solid. It’s important to understand the key trends Read more »