Employment Screening Resources Enters Ninth Year of Publishing Leading Industry Newsletter

March 24, 2009 - PRLog -- Employment Screening Resources (ESR), a leading U.S. background screening firm has announced that it has entered the ninth year of publishing the industry leading ESR Newsletter and Legal Update, the monthly newsletter that summarizes new trends, legal developments and best practices for employers.

The newsletter is available at no charge to employers, hiring managers, human resources and security professionals at http://www.esrcheck.com/newsletter/  

“The purpose of the newsletter is to ensure that anyone responsible for due diligence in hiring can keep up with all of the complicated legal developments in the area of employment screening background checks,” stated Lester Rosen, an attorney and founder of Employment Screening Resources. ”It also helps keeps employers up to date on key trends and development, all in a manner that is easy to read and utilize.”

The Newsletter is written entirely by the ESR staff, and is part of the firm’s mission to provide real background checks as an employer’s professional  safe hiring partner, and not merely a “data vendor.”  The firm’s website is http://www.esrcheck.com  

About Employment Screening Resources:    Employment Screening Resources (ESR) combines human resources, public records, and legal expertise in providing employers with fast, accurate and cost-effective employment pre-screening nationwide.  ESR’s mission is to bring professional consulting resources to an industry that largely focuses on providing data as a commodity.  ESR specializes in criminal records, reference checking, drug testing, international backgrounds and legal compliance. From its national headquarter in Novato, California, ESR serves employers across the United States from start-ups to divisions of Fortune 500 companies through its state of the art ESRnet system. ESR is also the firm that literally wrote the book on safe hiring and background checks, The Safe Hiring Manual.”   http://www.backgroundchecktraining.com/Safe-Hiring-Manual...

Mr. Rosen is a recognized expert on background checks and has addressed conferences worldwide on background checks and legal compliance, and has testified as an expert witness on the topic in American courts. He has authored two books on employment screening, "The Safe Hiring Manual: The Complete Guide to Keeping Criminals, Terrorists, and Imposters Out of Your Workplace," and "The Safe Hiring Audit -- The Employer’s Guide to Implementing a Safe Hiring Program." Rosen chaired the steering committee that founded the U.S. National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS) and served as the organization’s first co-chair.

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Employment Screening Resources (ESR) is the firm the wrote the book employment screening background checks. ESR is your safe hiring partner and provides REAL background checks, not cheap database shortcuts. ESR specializes in legal compliance.