Opinions & Thoughts on Trust in a Digital Work World
Today’s guest post is by Laura Hong of SmartRecruiters. Facebook is an untapped goldmine for recruiting talented individuals. With more than a billion active users, it makes sense for companies to want to somehow leverage this rich pool of potential job applicants. How you ask? To find talent through Facebook: make an awesome company page, ← Read More →
Earlier tonight in San Francisco we attended the kickoff event for the inaugural accelerator class of Orange Silicon Valley, called Orange Fab, and we’re thrilled to announce that we were accepted to the accelerator class from among well over one hundred applicants. We went through a rigorous selection process and were extremely excited to be ← Read More →
This week we left our San Francisco headquarters and flew to Philadelphia for the HRO Today Forum and the HROA Awards Gala, where we received an honorable mention in the HROA Awards’ Global HRO Technology Innovation of the Year. For a startup that only started building technology products in the HR space this past fall, ← Read More →
Think employee fraud can’t happen to you? Think again. Moreover, fraudulent workplace behavior is not limited to low level employees or people who work under you – it can affect all rungs of the corporate ladder and even cost CEOs their job. Oftentimes, fraud goes undetected, or only comes to light after serious damage has ← Read More →
The past few years have seen many of the major online players (Apple being the lastest) enable two-factor authentication to provide additional account security to their users: The complexity of account verification techniques has increased over time in response to numerous, high profile hacking incidents. Two-factor authentication enhances account security by requiring ← Read More →
Image source Today we have a guest post written by Aaron Bernstine, Director of Business Development at i9 Advantage. The number of employees who telecommute continues to increase, and as companies hire talent from across the country, they are finding a new compliance challenge cropping up – ensuring the Form I-9 is completed within the ← Read More →
Many of our previous posts on this blog have discussed the merits of hiring the ‘right’ individual — how to measure applicants from all angles, not just job performance. There are not only the tactical attributes of a prospective employee to address, but also the qualitative components. Getting the right ‘fit’ is crucial But here’s ← Read More →
Image source Many significant moments in our lives are marked by application processes, followed by an acknowledgement of ‘acceptance’ or ‘rejection’. College. Jobs. Apartments. Adoption. These defining moments force us to create compressed representations of ourselves in an attempt to optimize our chances of acceptance. In many cases, key parts of these self-representations must be ← Read More →
If you’re following us on Twitter then you already know that we’re: Excited to announce new ID verification partnerships with @ascendify @nowhire @i9advantage @votenet & @diggerslist ! ow.ly/ioRah— Virtrue (@Virtrue) March 5, 2013 You can read the full press release here here. These partners will be integrating Virtrue’s verification technology to provide greater trust and ← Read More →
Image Source We think HireRight’s 2012 Employment Screening Benchmarking Report has done an excellent job of summarizing the current and future hiring climate — something we consider essential to our development process. Organizations are recognizing the importance of hiring quality candidates and spending the upfront resources to ensure this process is a balance of expedience ← Read More →