Challenging Unconscious Bias in Background Checks

Bias is a common human experience but has no place when hiring staff. When employers select to bring individuals on board, all applicants should have the same opportunity. However, the effect of unconscious bias in background checks and their evaluation can complicate that effort. Hiring managers could discriminate unfairly against applicants without a proactive hiring process.

A Guide to Marijuana and Pre-Employment Drug Tests

The legal and social landscape around marijuana and pre-employment drug tests isn’t the same as it once was. Even compared to a decade ago, substantial changes have occurred. This shifting landscape in drug and alcohol testing necessitates a recalibration from employers. Once, marijuana existed in the public mind on the same level as drugs such as heroin and LSD. Though federal law has yet to change, many states and residents disagree.

How Small Businesses Can Win ‘The Great Resignation’

It’s a tough time to be an employer. In the wake of Covid-19, millions of workers have reassessed their professional wants, needs, goals, and priorities. That factor, combined with massive job losses early in the pandemic and a faster-than-expected economic recovery, has caused a historically unprecedented shuffling of the workforce that has been dubbed “the Great Resignation.” While that shuffle has created vast amounts of opportunity for job seekers looking to change their careers and circumstances, it has created a job market where employers face tougher competition for talent than ever before.