Most organizations haven’t asked themselves the right questions Because we’re known as experts in corporate investigations and security systems, we’re often asked for help with our clients’ risk management strategies, implementation and follow-up. The problem is that we’re often asked for help once a breach has occurred and the organization has been taken by surprise,… Read more »
The biggest changes in screening in 2019 It’s the end of the year, which means everyone’s thinking about what they learned in the year that’s passed – and what it means for the year to come. Our Screening division conducts thousands of reference, employment, background and criminal checks every year. And thanks to our wide… Read more »
When employers tell job-seekers that they’ll be requiring a ‘background check’, many people assume that this is just a quick check to make sure they don’t have a criminal record. But ‘background check’ is just a sort of umbrella term for a whole lot of different types of information searches that an employer (or… Read more »
What happens when pre-employment screening turns up a criminal record As an employer based in Canada, you may be aware of the basics of pre-employment screening, and even that some of the rules changed last year. You may also know that, during the interview process, you’re not supposed to ask about a job-seeker’s marital status,… Read more »
It could be costing as much as 7% of your revenue. When most employers think of ‘theft’ in the workplace, they tend to think of two categories: The ‘not very serious’ (employees who take a few pads of post-its home with them, or an unnecessarily expensive dinner on a business trip) and the ‘serious but… Read more »
It’s all about reading the signs As we’ve discussed before, employee fraud happens in almost every company sooner or later. It may be as minor as the employee who takes a few office supplies home every couple of weeks, or it may be as significant as embezzlement of hundreds of thousands of dollars by a… Read more »
Better risk management starts with the right system. Last week we got a call from a business owner: “We’ve had a lot of inventory missing in the past few months, and I’m pretty sure that it’s due to employee theft. I installed some motion-sensitive cameras in the warehouse, but they haven’t helped. And half the… Read more »
A surprising number of people don’t tell the unvarnished truth on their resumes When I first started seeing the data on the number of people who lie on their resumes, about 10 years ago now, I didn’t really believe it. I mean, it’s not surprising that someone might give themselves a fancier-sounding title, or list… Read more »
If you’re looking for a new job, it’s not difficult to find information on the ‘best’ times of year to do it: Every job-hunting expert says it’s good to start in January/February, or maybe in the fall (but not December). And most say that not much hiring gets done in the summer months of June/July/August.… Read more »
As Chairperson of the ASIS Toronto Best Practices Committee, our VP Operations, Jason Caissie, would like to invite all Toronto-area ASIS professionals to the annual Best Practices Seminar, at the One King West Hotel in downtown Toronto on April 17, 2019. This is always the chapter’s biggest education event of the year, and it’s a… Read more »
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