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Inclusion Recruitment: How to Make Diversity a Part of Your Hiring Process

on September 1, 2020 | By Levi Perkins
Prioritizing diversity and inclusion in the hiring process supports a more robust talent pipeline for open positions, ultimately bringing a variety of experiences and viewpoints into your organization. When you recruit for diversity, you have an opportunity to assess a broader range of candidates, and you position your organization as an attractive option for today’s job seekers.
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Identity Verification: The Misconception that Background Checks Confirm Identity

on August 27, 2020 | By Tom Turner
You use your identity to get credit, a driver’s license, and even a cell phone number. Identity is also an important part of hiring and background screening effectiveness. Confirming candidate identity at the start of the background check process paves the way to accurate background check results.
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7 Tips to Improve Your Student Immunization Tracking Process

on August 25, 2020 | By Levi Perkins
Your immunization tracking process helps you prepare healthcare students for participation in clinical rotation and residency programs. However, with all the various requirements of the different programs, it can be challenging to efficiently collect, verify, and send student health data to clinical affiliates. In addition, your tracking process also needs to maintain compliance with data protection rules set by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). Lastly, new standards for health and safety brought by COVID-19 make it even more critical to run an effective student immunization tracking program
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Legislation

Salary History Restrictions 101: Benefits and How to Stay Compliant

on August 20, 2020 | By Kevin Neudecker
It can be challenging to keep pace with ever-changing laws affecting the hiring process, but compliance is necessary to manage hiring risk and avoid the penalties of non-compliance. Salary history restrictions not only impact your application and interview processes, but they also have broader implications for employee compensation after hire.
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How to Increase Efficiency When Managing Clinical Rotations and Immunization Records

on August 18, 2020 | By Levi Perkins
As a critical component of preparing your students to participate in clinical rotation and residency programs, you work with a range of providers to collect and share student immunization records. However, given your compliance obligations and the variation in requirements from different hospitals and health systems, immunization record management can be challenging.
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Background Screening

What If a Great Potential Candidate Fails Their Background Check After a Job Offer?

on August 13, 2020 | By Levi Perkins
Great candidates aren’t always easy to find. When you do find one, you want to take action—and fast. Once you’re ready to move forward, you extend an offer conditioned upon the completion of a background check. But what do you do when faced with a failed background check after making a job offer?
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Is Your Immunization Tracking Program HIPAA Compliant?

on August 11, 2020 | By Levi Perkins
Students participating in clinical rotation or residency programs in hospitals and health systems must provide immunization histories to meet student screening requirements. As a college or university, you help students fulfill their requirements so they can have a positive experience and continue their medical training.
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Background Screening

HR Budgeting: How to Plan for Background Check Costs

on August 7, 2020 | By Matt Jaye
HR budgeting helps you commit organizational resources to a range of workforce activities. When you plan your spending for background check activities, you want to budget enough to effectively manage hiring risk without taking resources away from other core HR programs. 
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Background Screening

Integrating Your ATS and Background Check Provider: 7 Tips for Success

on August 4, 2020 | By Levi Perkins
In talent acquisition, technology helps you automate key processes for posting positions, evaluating candidates, and onboarding. The platform you likely use daily, your applicant tracking system (ATS), helps you manage the bulk of your recruiting activities without having to deal with mounds of paper résumés and applications. 
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Candidate Experience

HR Digital Transformation: What's Missing from Your Tech Stack?

on July 30, 2020 | By Levi Perkins
HR digital transformation helps your organization achieve greater automation and a better experience for candidates and employees. However, the platforms you use may not deliver on their promises if they don’t increase efficiency and improve processes in hiring and talent management.
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Clinical Rotation Management: What to Include in a Healthcare Background Check

Students participating in clinical rotations must typically go through the same background screening process as full-time hires. Background checks not only protect the students who are visiting clinical si...

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How COVID-19 is Impacting Immunization Requirements in Healthcare Education

COVID-19 has changed the healthcare landscape for medical students in clinical and residency programs with new protocols for health and safety, including guidelines for COVID-19 testing. Read More

Top 10 Background Check and Healthcare Compliance Issues and How to Navigate Them

Healthcare background checks allow you to maintain quality patient care by protecting the workplace from high-risk hires. However, to achieve effective background screening, you’ll need a robust screening ...

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