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48% of Employers Do Not Rescreen Employees, Despite Prevalence of Organizational Risk

By HR Daily Advisor Staff Apr 28, 2017 Recruiting

Updated: Jan 7, 2018

Regularly-scheduled follow-up background checks can help protect employees, customers, and company assets, a new survey finds. HireRight, a provider of global employment background checks, drug and health screening, and electronic Form I-9 and E-Verify solutions, has released findings from its 10th Annual HireRight Employment Screening Benchmark Survey. HireRight’s report explores key issues, trends, and underlying […]

Faces of HR: Jersey Mike’s CPO on Fueling Fast-Casual Growth

By Bianca Herron, Editor, HR Daily Advisor Staff Dec 4, 2025 Faces of HR

Updated: Dec 4, 2025

Betsy Mercado has recently stepped into the newly created, crucial role of Chief People Officer at Jersey Mike’s, a leading franchisor in the fast-casual sandwich space. Her mandate is clear: to guide the company’s rapid expansion by developing comprehensive people strategies that reinforce Jersey Mike’s distinctive, people-first culture. In this pivotal role, Mercado oversees the entire team […]

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Are Soft Skills AI-Proof?

By HR Daily Advisor Staff May 22, 2020 Learning & Development

Updated: May 22, 2020

Technological improvements have long been a source of concern for laborers in an increasingly advanced economy. As automation improves, there is an understandable fear that machines, computers, and improved processes can render certain categories of human labor obsolete.

How to Assess Candidate Integrity in Interviews

By Paul Bramson, The Paul Bramson Companies Mar 15, 2024 Recruiting

Updated: Mar 15, 2024

In the hiring or recruiting process, evaluating candidate integrity is integral to ensure you are bringing in the right person for the organization. Beyond skills and experience, integrity is the indicator for trustworthiness, accountability, and principles — indispensable qualities for a principled workplace. Interviews are the time to delve into candidate values to gauge alignment […]

The #1 Mistake in Writing Job Descriptions

By HR Daily Advisor Staff Oct 20, 2011 Benefits and Compensation

Updated: Oct 20, 2011

Goodkin who is a partner in the Los Angeles office of law firm Rutter Hobbs & Davidoff, gave her tips at a recent webinar hosted by BLR. Most Common Mistake Regarding the worst and most common mistakes in job descriptions, Goodkin pointed to calling people exempt when they’re not. Citing a new client who has […]

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Amazon Takes Steps to Pay Employees a Living Wage

By Lin Grensing-Pophal, Contributing Editor Nov 19, 2018 Recruiting

Updated: Nov 19, 2018

With growing income inequality and fears of losing low-skilled jobs to automation and new technologies like artificial intelligence, there have been increasing calls throughout the country for a “living wage.”

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Unlimited Vacation: Worker Exploitation or Dream Benefit?

By David Siegel, Partner, Grellas Shah LLP, Mital Makadia, Partner, Grellas Shah LLP Dec 10, 2020 Benefits and Compensation

Updated: Dec 10, 2020

The term “unlimited vacation policy” is almost a Rorschach test. Is it a marketing slogan for a system to exploit workers, or is it an attractive benefit that recognizes the changing nature of many workplaces?

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The Candidate Experience Has Never Been More Important

By Melissa Morse, Editor | Recruiting and L&D Jun 6, 2018 Talent

Updated: Jun 7, 2018

In a 2017 Candidate Experience Study, conducted by CareerBuilder, 78% of candidates stated that their general candidate experience was an indication of how a company treated its people. We might ask when the “experience” starts. Is it when the candidate first applies for a job? Or, does it begin when the candidate has already gone […]

Maintaining a religion-neutral workplace

By Oklahoma Employment Law Letter Mar 16, 2014 Diversity & Inclusion

Updated: Jan 7, 2018

by Charles S. Plumb About a year ago, a group of private citizens paid for a seven-foot-tall granite monument of the Ten Commandments and gained approval for it to be placed on the north end of the Oklahoma Capitol grounds. Not surprisingly, a satanic group then asked Oklahoma’s Capitol Preservation Commission for permission to erect […]