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Manufacturing is Getting Smarter: What Does That Mean for Hiring?

October 23, 2023

At Authentica, our platform provides efficiency above the industry standard–a compliant, cost-effective, and integrated strategy allowing hiring teams advanced business intelligence tools to reduce risk and speed up their compliance.

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Employment Verification vs. Professional Reference Checks: What’s the Difference and When to Use Which

September 29, 2023

An employment verification check confirms specific details about an applicant’s history, while professional reference checks involve contacting previous employers for a deeper understanding of their capabilities.

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Closing the Gap: Accelerating Healthcare Hiring Amidst the Specialist Shortage

September 21, 2023

The healthcare specialist shortage is a complex issue with no easy solutions. Employers can attract and retain more talent in the competitive job market by leading with tech and streamlining their background screening experience.

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Safe Screening for Hybrid Teams

The Remote Work Movement: Screening for Safety at Scale and At Home

August 28, 2023

Bias in hiring practices has been a longstanding issue, with certain demographic groups facing discrimination and limitation in the job market. Bias can be understood as a series of ‘bottlenecks.’ When factors like credit, past offenses, and time spent out of the labor market become bottlenecks, equality of opportunity suffers.

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The Anti-Bottleneck Principle: A Better Approach to Unbiased Hiring

August 24, 2023

Bias in hiring practices has been a longstanding issue, with certain demographic groups facing discrimination and limitation in the job market. Bias can be understood as a series of ‘bottlenecks.’ When factors like credit, past offenses, and time spent out of the labor market become bottlenecks, equality of opportunity suffers.

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How companies and non-profits can choose the background check that's right for them

Which Background Checks Are Right For Your Business or Nonprofit?

July 21, 2023

Complying with fair hiring practices begins with offering the appropriate background check. We’ve outlined some of the most widely used screening services and how you can customize our screening packages to minimize costs, improve turnaround time, and cover all aspects of your candidate verification process.

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The fundamentals of criminal background checks for employers

A Fundamental Guide to Criminal Background Checks

July 21, 2023

Criminal background checks form the foundation of a comprehensive candidate screening process. Understand how they work, the information they disclose, and tips to ensure compliance.

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Everything You Need to Know About Social Media Background Checks

July 20, 2023

Familiarizing yourself with the fundamentals of social media background checks before implementing them can help safeguard your business and optimize their effectiveness.

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Salary Transparency Laws & How They Affect Your Business

May 15, 2023

Salary transparency laws require that all job postings disclose salary details and may additionally necessitate making such information available to existing employees within the company. How do they impact your business?

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Why Hiring Based on “Instinct” Alone Comes at a Steep Cost

April 6, 2023

Certain companies will refrain from conducting proper background checks to speed up their hiring process or save money in the short term. However, doing this poses a considerable risk, as reconciling a bad hire is much more costly
than securing a good one.

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