Pre-Employment Screening - Reducing Risk through Better Practices

Speaker:Andrew Collins, Research & Investigation; Klink & Co., Inc.

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Learning Objectives:

1. Identify the costs and benefits linked with screened hiring.

2. Have a better understanding regarding boundaries when using criminal records, credit reports, and social media.

3. Walk away with a clear sense of what a complete background check needs to cover.

Session Description:

This presentation offers guidance on the best practices that members can use while conducting background checks to reduce their institutional risks. We will discuss the costs and benefits linked with screened hiring, we’ll consider new boundaries such as social media, and members will walk away with a clear sense of what a complete background check needs to cover.

Session Bio:

As research and investigations manager, Collins conducts transnational and domestic due diligence, fraud investigations, and competitive intelligence projects for Klink & Co., Inc. In addition, he works with global organizations to provide compliance services, as well as intellectual property investigations, forensic accounting, and litigation support.

Recent projects include asset searches in the Ukraine and Russia, pervasive corruption and bribery in China, and discreet patent infringement investigations based in the U.S.