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ASIS International Releases Updated Guideline on
Pre-employment Background Screening
ASIS International, the preeminent organization for
security management professionals, has released the
second edition of the Pre-employment Background
Screening Guideline. The guideline is an educational
and practical tool that organizations can use as a
resource in understanding the reasons for
pre-employment background screening of job
applicants, as well as the legal principles
surrounding the issue of pre-employment background
screening. The PBS guildeline can also assist in
developing policies and procedures that will enhance
an organization's hiring policy.
Larry L. Lambeth, President of Employment Screening
Services, Inc., was honored to have been asked to
participate on the committee that went item by item
through the existing guideline to help clarifiy and
update it to the current business culture and legal
guidelines that businesses should be following
today.
The PBS guideline presents practical information
concerning the value of pre-employment background
screening, the importance of the application form,
important legal issues and considerations (such as
the Fair Credit Reporting Act, privacy issues, state
laws, rules and regulations), the key elements of
pre-employment background screening, the types of
information to utilize in verifying the key
elements, the use of credit reporting agencies in
pre-employment background screening, and an appendix
of a sample pre-employment background screening flow
chart.
To obtain a copy of the
Pre-employment Background Screening Guideline,
click here.
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Employment Screening Services, Inc.
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1-800-473-7778
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