Employment references are one of the oldest tools in the book. Companies rely on them to vet candidates and assess the stability, competence, and reliability of possible employees. At Argentus, we ...

As an employer, it is your responsibility to thoroughly screen your candidates to protect your company, your existing employees, and yourself. Even though you may delegate this task to someone else ...

Employers commonly conduct background checks on prospective employees in various areas that they may think relevant when deciding whether to hire an individual for a job. Yet, federal, state, and ...

When assessing a potential new hire, have you ever had to ask yourself, "How wasn't this flagged during the reference check?" If so, you could be missing key steps when checking the candidate’s ...

HR professionals know that resume exaggeration is alive and well. In fact, a recent recent survey revealed that 85% of applicants have embellished their resume in some way. And about half of HR pros ...

“I don’t know what happened to my manager after I left, but he’s not there anymore.” Sound familiar? Prospective employers want to do their homework on you. If one of the above scenarios is preventing ...

There are lots of prohibitions in the law about what can and can't be asked during an employment interview. Conversely, there are no prohibitions in the law about what can and can't be asked during a ...