December 17th, 2015 | Sterling

SterlingBackcheck’s Top 10 HR & Compliance Resources of 2015

It was a busy year in background screening and here at SterlingBackcheck, we always strive to cover topics that matter most to you. As 2015 comes to a close and we embark on a new chapter and a new year, we’re taking a moment to reflect on the past 12 months and the background screening topics that really generated a buzz among HR and Compliance professionals. In 2015, we published countless blog posts and infographics, hosted multiple webinars, and published several must-read white papers on effective background screening programmes to help keep everyone engaged and informed.

Here’s a recap of our best and most popular resources of 2015:

1. Employee Privacy: Are You Sure You’re Compliant? (Webinar)This webinar covers common data protection law pitfalls in background screening and how to avoid them, the present and future legal framework around background screening in the UK and the EU, as well as best practices for protecting the rights of your employees and the interests of your organisation.
2. Lies on a CV (Infographic)This infographic identifies areas of the CV where background checks could expose the truth about candidate claims.
3. Recruiting Ex-Offenders: What Every Employer Needs to Know (Webinar)This webinar explores the ‘need to know’ detail and provides insight into best practice when recruiting ex-offenders.
4. How to Spot a Dishonest Job Candidate (Blog Post)This blog post discusses potential CV lies and how to reveal candidate discrepancies through background checks.
5. Managing Risk in a Global Marketplace – Understanding the International Landscape for Background Screening (White Paper)In this white paper, we examine the international legislative landscape for background screening as it can often appear complex and difficult to understand, even for organisations with experience of grappling with international compliance issues.
6. Recruitment Essentials: Best Practice Tips to Using Background Screening Results (Blog Post)This blog post explains what to do with background screening results once you receive them.
7. Building a Better Candidate Experience (Webinar)This global webinar discusses the importance of an exceptional candidate experience, the impact a positive and negative experience can have on a company’s brand and workplace, as well as how to measure the success of your candidate experience program and identify and fix problem areas.
8. Managing Your Background Screening Programme – When it Makes Sense to Outsource & How to Pick the Right Partner (White Paper)This white paper explores how the strategic outsourcing of background screening can help businesses reduce administrative and legal burdens, bring on staff more quickly and focus on core missions.
9. Hiscox (Case Study)This case study highlights the success Hiscox has had with SterlingBackcheck and how we have significantly reduced the time it takes to onboard quality candidates.
10. What is BPSS and Should You Comply? (Blog Post)This blog post sheds light on what the BPSS is, compliance requirements, benefits of including BPSS requirements in your screening policy and the importance of vetting existing staff.

There you have it – the 10 best, most popular SterlingBackcheck resources from this past year. We look forward to providing more great resources for the HR and Compliance communities in 2016 and wish you all the very best in the new year.

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