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 volunteer… Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
What’s new – and what isn’t – in corporate investigations Last year around this time, we offered our perspective on current trends in corporate investigations, with a particular emphasis on Canada and North America. It proved to be one of our most popular articles ever – so we’re back with this year’s trends. As you’ll… Read more »
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