Companies are looking a whole lot deeper than just your social media posts when they do a background check. Companies doing background checks on job seekers who've applied to work for them is not ...

As the economy emerges from the pandemic, hiring has been on the rebound, and with it, employment background screening. According to the Professional Background Screening Association (PBSA), ...

A college degree is supposed to be the great equalizer in the labor market, promising upward mobility and better pay for all.

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But one worker recently discovered that's not nearly enough to solve the problem of having a not-quite-work-appropriate sense of humor online, after her new job's digging into her online life revealed ...

Enterprise cybersecurity begins with a trustworthy staff. Here's how to ensure that current and prospective team members aren't hiding any skeletons. Security team members are the principal defenders ...

Do you cringe when a company requires a background check? Do you worry that your less-than-stellar credit might cost you the job? Do you need a work-at-home job fast and don't want to wait? This ...

A laid-off worker's decision to falsify their résumé to bypass layoff gaps and secure a new job has sparked debate. Despite ...

Have you found yourself scouring the web for jobs only to see post after post asking for a college degree or MBA? How about jobs that ask for references or expect you to have industry experience and ...