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SHRM 2011 Annual Conference
Learn how to navigate through legal and practical roadblocks when it comes to both obtaining and proving past employment information, as well as tool to spot phony credentials and fake degrees.
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Track: Employment Law & Legislation

With hiring decision becoming more critical in challenging economic times, verifying past employment and education and obtaining references have become critical. Unfortunately, falsifying or inflating employment and educational accomplishments has become a significant problem for employers. Legal limitations also create barriers for human resources professional when obtaining and giving past employment information. This workshop reviews legal and effective technique for the reference checking process and how to verify education and spot phony credentials.

 
Date(s) & Time(s): 
Wednesday, June 29, 2011 - 11:30am to 12:45pm
Presenter: 
Lester S. Rosen
Attorney at Law and CEO
Employment Screening Resources
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Lester S. Rosen is an attorney at law  and CEO of Employment Screening Resources (ESR), a national background screening company.  He is a consultant, writer, expert witness  and frequent presenter nationwide on pre-employment screening. He is the author of “The Safe Hiring Manual,” (3d Edition 2017/826 pages), the first comprehensive book on background screening.  He served as the chairperson of the steering committee that founded the Professional Background Screeners Association (PBSA),  served as its first co-chair and received the PBSA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019. 

SESSIONS:
Location: 
LVCC N101
Amount of Credit: 
1.25
Credit Type: 
•HR Credit
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Employment Law & Regulations

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