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Onboarding remote workers

Remote workers: How to onboard them effectively (and safely)

January 3, 2021

Employees will continue to work remotely for months to come. Like many businesses, you may have spent the first few months of the pandemic in a holding pattern: Maybe you were able to sit tight, maybe you had to furlough a few employees, but you definitely weren’t hiring a lot of new staff. But it’s… Read more »

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How work has changed after the pandemic

How has COVID-19 changed the way we think of work?

November 1, 2020

For many of us, our day-to-day jobs have changed.  No matter what you do for a living, you’re probably working a lot differently than you did at the beginning of 2020, before coronavirus changed all our lives. This is particularly true for anyone who now works from home. Inevitably, this dramatic change in the way… Read more »

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Profile Investigations on workplace theft

Workplace theft: It’s more complex than you think

May 16, 2020

It could be costing as much as 7% of your revenue. In the past few weeks, we’ve all heard the stories of employees stealing PPE supplies and equipment from retirement homes, hospitals and other healthcare facilities. Some of the thefts have been by healthcare workers themselves, trying to ensure they have a stash of PPE… Read more »

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Tips for risk management by Profile Investigations

Risk management: Getting started

January 3, 2020

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 »

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Profile Screening in Toronto lists 2019 screening trends

Employment screening trends in Canada

December 14, 2019

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 »

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Employment screening tips from Profile Group

Background checks in Canada: Reviewing the basics

November 8, 2019

  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 »

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Profile Screening offers tips on criminal record checks

Criminal records: How much can you ask?

September 6, 2019

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 »

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Profile Investigations shows how social media is in corporate investigations

Social media as investigations tool

June 22, 2019

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 »

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How many people lie on resumes

You’re looking at a great resume. How much of it is true?

May 3, 2019

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 »

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Profile Screening hiring times

Hiring and job-hunting: What months are best?

April 23, 2019

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 »

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