Volume V
4th Quarter 2004

Welcome to The Verifier V, 4th Quarter 2004 Edition, brought to you by employeescreenIQ. This publication is intended as an educational tool and information resource for employment screening professionals or anyone interested in keeping abreast of recent industry developments. Please let us know if there are any topics or issues you would like to see addressed in a future issue.


LEGAL ALERT!
The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 (FACTA) mandates changes to YOUR Employment Screening Program.


Statewide Repository Assessment Results
BIS recently completed our in-house evaluation of the various statewide criminal history tools available nationwide. Kevin Bachman discusses the results and outlines the resulting BIS policy changes designed to protect the integrity of information provided to our clients


Best Practices in Employment Screening
Jason Morris explains how taking the time and spending the money up front will avoid exponentially greater costs down the road


Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002: How does it affect your screening strategy?
Sarbanes-Oxley requires significant compliance challenges for publicly traded companies. Even if your company is privately held, the compliance framework provides recommendations that will pay off for all employers


Why Use the Internet For Recruitment?
Megan Hauer of careerboard.com discusses why online job postings should be part of your hiring strategy


BIS Attends the Food Marketing Institute’s 2004 HR Training & Development Conference
Nick Fishman talks about interesting trends in the Food/Grocery industry.


Come see BIS at the following events in 2005:
* 39th Annual Northern Ohio Human Resource
   Conference, March 11, Cleveland, OH
* Employment Management Association’s 36th
   Annual Conference & Exposition, April 20-22,
   Dallas, TX
* SHRM 57th Annual Conference & Exposition,
   June 19-22, San Diego, CA
* Food Management Institute’s 2005 Human Resources
   Training & Development Conference, September

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