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Arizona raising fees on Motor Vehicle Records

Safeguard Screening — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 22:17:16 +0000

It’s happening again. The recession is taking another bite out of the trucking and transportation industry, in the form of raised state fees for motor vehicle records (MVRs) used by transportation firms to comply with federal regulations, obtain insurance, as well as monitoring their fleet and workforce. The State of Arizona is the next in line to raise DMV fees for accessing driver records. Effective May 1st, 2010 the fee for non-certified records increases from $4.25 to $6.00 and for the Certified Record the fee increases from $6.25 to $8.00.

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125 unemployed human-resource professionals share support

Safeguard Screening — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:36:09 +0000

Philadephia Business Today reported that the Philadelphia Human Resource Planning Society sponsored a seminar for laid-off human resource professionals. The seminar was attended by more that 125 unemployed professionals who learned new tips and tricks from five panelists including Glenn Sward, head of recruiting for the Americas at SAP America, Inc.

Sward provided a wealth of information to the laid off HR professionals. He stressed the importance of networking, and trying to find a connection to the person who will be interviewing you. Tap your network, search LinkedIn for someone you know what a connection and don’t be afraid to ask for an introduction to get in the door. Just make sure you have the qualifications so you don’t over-leverage your connections; they might not be as receptive to your next request.

Another point of attention of thank you notes, and the importance of personalizing them, and “address priorities” He also touched on the important aspect of “Ego” in your job loss, that my inhibit you for telling others you are out of work. He encourage Philadelphians to reach out to other adults you know, such as other parents on sports team, or other axes of adult interaction, a regular coffee shop crowd, Monday Night Football, salsa class, volleyball class. Make the professional connection, link up on LinkedIn, and be assertive, but don’t be annoying.

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Opposition to E-Verify mounts in face of raids

Safeguard Screening — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:13:37 +0000

An interesting detail about the high profile raid of Howard Industries, in which 595 suspected illegal workers were arrested, is Howard claims they were using the E-Verify electronic I-9 compliance system established by the federal government to help employers remain in compliance with federal labor laws. In addition, Swift Co, which was raided in December 2006, also claims they were using E-Verify before they were raided.

Apparently SHRM has established a organization called HR Initiative for a Legal Workforce which has criticized the effectiveness of E-Verify.

E-Verify, which checks information from I-9 forms against Department of Homeland Security and Social Security Administration databases, cannot tell if a worker is submitting a stolen Social Security number.

Based on the article in Workforce Management, the proof that Howard Industries was using E-Verify is a statement from the company “Howard Industries runs every check allowed to ascertain the immigration status of all applicants for jobs” There was no indication that an independant investigation of Howard Industries was conducted to determine if they were using E-Verify correctly, or screening every employee. Perhaps they weren’t. Perhaps by using E-Verify, Howard Industries opened themselves up to an easier investigation of its practices by the Feds. I suppose it would be a simple arithmetic problem; how many employees it files on payroll, and how many submitted on E-Verify. Even if they match, it seems that the E-verify helps the government locate abused SSNs and duplicate employment records for stolen SSNs.

It should be interesting to see if the quality of E-verify I-9 Compliance pans out, and how the system is adopted in a largely volunteer space.

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SHRM

New HR Magazine launched about Employment Screening Industry

Safeguard Screening — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 07:59:06 +0000

A new HR Magazine has just been announced, entitled “The Employment Screening Journal” The magazine has been launched by preemploymentdirectory.com, a directory of employment screening background check firms. The new magazine will apparently information for HR professionals about new updates in the pre-employment screening field.

Publication Timeline
No word about whether this magazine will be in print or when the first issue will be published, but hopefully it will feature quality articles by top professionals from the background check industry. Hopefully human resources professionals will have the time and stomach to digest this media source and stay abreast of legal issues and new screening practices.

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