My name is Lisa Sprowls and I am a Filtration Recruiter. I work on many sales/ engineering/executive/ and management level positions serving the search and recruitment needs of both large and small manufacturers and distributors in the Filtration/Water & Wastewater/ Separations/and Environmental Industries.
With each and every finalist candidate that we present to our clients, we also provide a complete background check. Our background checks are provided by our parent company, BackTrack Inc., www.backtracker.com. All reports provided include employment verification, education verification, social security trace report, motor vehicle report, reference checking and criminal records searches.
Background Checks and the Volunteer
Background checking has exploded in the workplace over the last 10 years. Companies have some very compelling reasons to do background checks on their employees. One group of people often overlooked on background checks is the volunteer. Generally an organization is so happy to see a volunteer on their staff, they get that warm and fuzzy feeling. After all, someone who is willing to come in and do work for free for their organization can’t possibly have issues in their background, can they? The volunteer comes in out of the goodness of their heart and in the spirit of public service and dedication, right? Generally, that is a truthful statement. People do volunteer for many different reasons. They like to give back to their community, they want to do something meaningful with free time, or they generally want to help people.
However, there is always the exception to every rule. There are numerous news stories about volunteers being arrested for horrible crimes. There are the volunteers who have molested children, abused the elderly, or stolen money. Many times, and almost always after the fact, it is found that that person had a prior history of problems dealing with the same type of crime.
So while we will always need the volunteer in our communities, we also need to be proactive and not put people at risk. Volunteers hold many positions of trust within an organization or community – including the volunteer fireman, the volunteer at the local hospital or nusing home, even the volunteer at a day care or child care facility. If you bring in volunteers, you need to be proactive to protect your citizens, patients, children, and other employees.
Filtration Recruiter - Background Checks and the Volunteer
Lisa Sprowls
Filtration Recruiter
Recruiter Solutions International
8850 Tyler Blvd.
Mentor, OH 44060
800-992-3875 ext. 313
lisa@rsipeople.com
Filtration Recruiter, Water Recruiter, Wastewater Recruiter, Environmental Recruiter, Fluid Power Recruiter. As an executive recruiter/headhunter dedicated to serving the search and recruitment needs in both large and small manufacturers and distributors. Dan specializes in the search and placement of sales, engineering, management and upper level management positions. Keywords: Filtration Recruiter, Water Recruiter, Wastewater Recruiter, Pumps, Filters, Microfiltration, Water, Oil, Gas, Air, Industrial, Cartridge, Filtration & Separation, Membrane, Reverse Osmosis, Filtration Equipment, Filter Media, Filtration Supplies, Wastewater, Fuel, Environmental, Storm Water, Dewatering Equipment, Woven, Non Woven, Ultrafiltration, Recruiter Solutions International, RSI, Lisa Sprowls, Dan Regovich, Headhunter Filtration, Filtration Headhunter, Filtration Industry Recruiter, Wastewater and Filtration, Water Treatment, Wastewater
Sunday, January 5, 2014
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Filtration Recruiter - Competition for Available Jobs
My name is Lisa Sprowls and I am a Filtration Recruiter. I work on many sales/ engineering/executive/ and management level positions serving the search and recruitment needs of both large and small manufacturers and distributors in the Filtration/Water & Wastewater/ Separations/and Environmental Industries.
With each and every finalist candidate that we present to our clients, we also provide a complete background check. Our background checks are provided by our parent company, BackTrack Inc., www.backtracker.com. All reports provided include employment verification, education verification, social security trace report, motor vehicle report, reference checking and criminal records searches.
Competition for Available Jobs
The US Labor Department has announced that people signing up for jobless benefits has reached its highest point over the last 6 years because of company cutbacks and the faltering economy. The week ending July 26, 208 (the most recent period for which information is available) shows that 3.3 million people were collecting unemployment benefits. Almost every industry is cutting back or at the very least tightening their belts during these difficult times.
Companies who are thinking of hiring to fill vacant positions are probably going to be receiving more applications and resumes from job candidates than ever before. How can you be sure that the candidate you decide to hire is the right one for your company? If you have 100 people apply for 1 vacant position, your human resource department is going to have their work cut out for them!
The average company will spend between $7,000 and $15,000 in the first year to hire and train someone for the position after they hire the job candidate. That is a lot of money, particularly if you have to do it more than once for a position. If the first candidate you hire doesn’t work out, you have to go through the process again.
You can help to eliminate some of the guesswork out of this by doing background checks on candidates. You don’t have to do it on all 100 applications that come in for that 1 position, but after you narrow it down to a small pool of potential candidates that appear to meet the experience or education level you need, doing a background check on those candidates can save you time, money and hassle. Depending on the services you are looking at for your background check, the average cost is approximately $100 per candidate – more if you want extensive, less if you want general. Between interviewing, background checking and possibly assessment testing, you are being as proactive as you can be to ensure that the FIRST person you bring on board with your company is going to be a good fit.
Filtration Recruiter - Competition for Available Jobs
Lisa Sprowls
Filtration Recruiter
Recruiter Solutions International
8850 Tyler Blvd.
Mentor, OH 44060
800-992-3875 ext. 313
lisa@rsipeople.com
Filtration Recruiter, Water Recruiter, Wastewater Recruiter, Environmental Recruiter, Fluid Power Recruiter. As an executive recruiter/headhunter dedicated to serving the search and recruitment needs in both large and small manufacturers and distributors. Dan specializes in the search and placement of sales, engineering, management and upper level management positions. Keywords: Filtration Recruiter, Water Recruiter, Wastewater Recruiter, Pumps, Filters, Microfiltration, Water, Oil, Gas, Air, Industrial, Cartridge, Filtration & Separation, Membrane, Reverse Osmosis, Filtration Equipment, Filter Media, Filtration Supplies, Wastewater, Fuel, Environmental, Storm Water, Dewatering Equipment, Woven, Non Woven, Ultrafiltration, Recruiter Solutions International, RSI, Lisa Sprowls, Dan Regovich, Headhunter Filtration, Filtration Headhunter, Filtration Industry Recruiter, Wastewater and Filtration, Water Treatment, Wastewater
With each and every finalist candidate that we present to our clients, we also provide a complete background check. Our background checks are provided by our parent company, BackTrack Inc., www.backtracker.com. All reports provided include employment verification, education verification, social security trace report, motor vehicle report, reference checking and criminal records searches.
Competition for Available Jobs
The US Labor Department has announced that people signing up for jobless benefits has reached its highest point over the last 6 years because of company cutbacks and the faltering economy. The week ending July 26, 208 (the most recent period for which information is available) shows that 3.3 million people were collecting unemployment benefits. Almost every industry is cutting back or at the very least tightening their belts during these difficult times.
Companies who are thinking of hiring to fill vacant positions are probably going to be receiving more applications and resumes from job candidates than ever before. How can you be sure that the candidate you decide to hire is the right one for your company? If you have 100 people apply for 1 vacant position, your human resource department is going to have their work cut out for them!
The average company will spend between $7,000 and $15,000 in the first year to hire and train someone for the position after they hire the job candidate. That is a lot of money, particularly if you have to do it more than once for a position. If the first candidate you hire doesn’t work out, you have to go through the process again.
You can help to eliminate some of the guesswork out of this by doing background checks on candidates. You don’t have to do it on all 100 applications that come in for that 1 position, but after you narrow it down to a small pool of potential candidates that appear to meet the experience or education level you need, doing a background check on those candidates can save you time, money and hassle. Depending on the services you are looking at for your background check, the average cost is approximately $100 per candidate – more if you want extensive, less if you want general. Between interviewing, background checking and possibly assessment testing, you are being as proactive as you can be to ensure that the FIRST person you bring on board with your company is going to be a good fit.
Filtration Recruiter - Competition for Available Jobs
Lisa Sprowls
Filtration Recruiter
Recruiter Solutions International
8850 Tyler Blvd.
Mentor, OH 44060
800-992-3875 ext. 313
lisa@rsipeople.com
Filtration Recruiter, Water Recruiter, Wastewater Recruiter, Environmental Recruiter, Fluid Power Recruiter. As an executive recruiter/headhunter dedicated to serving the search and recruitment needs in both large and small manufacturers and distributors. Dan specializes in the search and placement of sales, engineering, management and upper level management positions. Keywords: Filtration Recruiter, Water Recruiter, Wastewater Recruiter, Pumps, Filters, Microfiltration, Water, Oil, Gas, Air, Industrial, Cartridge, Filtration & Separation, Membrane, Reverse Osmosis, Filtration Equipment, Filter Media, Filtration Supplies, Wastewater, Fuel, Environmental, Storm Water, Dewatering Equipment, Woven, Non Woven, Ultrafiltration, Recruiter Solutions International, RSI, Lisa Sprowls, Dan Regovich, Headhunter Filtration, Filtration Headhunter, Filtration Industry Recruiter, Wastewater and Filtration, Water Treatment, Wastewater
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Filtration Recruiter - Diploma Mill in Washington State
My name is Lisa Sprowls and I am a Filtration Recruiter. I work on many sales/ engineering/executive/ and management level positions serving the search and recruitment needs of both large and small manufacturers and distributors in the Filtration/Water & Wastewater/ Separations/and Environmental Industries.
With each and every finalist candidate that we present to our clients, we also provide a complete background check. Our background checks are provided by our parent company, BackTrack Inc., www.backtracker.com. All reports provided include employment verification, education verification, social security trace report, motor vehicle report, reference checking and criminal records searches.
Diploma Mill in Washington State
In early July, Dixie Ellen Randock was sentenced to 3 years in prison for Conspiracy to Commit Wire and Mail Fraud. Her husband, Steve Randock, is scheduled to be sentenced in about a week. Dixie is a high school drop out. What did they do? They have been found guilty of this crime for selling bogus college degrees and high school diplomas from a Spokane, WA diploma mill. The newspaper The Seattle Times (www.seattletimes.com) has since published a couple of lists. One list shows all the people who have purchased degrees and diplomas from this diploma mill – all 9,612 people. Some of these people have multiple degrees that were awarded from this mill.
The US Department of Justice had refused to release the list to the public, and the newspaper is not saying how they obtained the list. The newspaper has conducted a preliminary analysis that shows 135 of these individuals have military ties, 39 have links to the education system, and 17 are employed with government agencies. They got this information through the email addresses that are listed for the individuals (.mil, .gov, or .edu). Their listing does indicate that some of the people who have (*) by their names didn’t necessarily buy degrees, but that their names surfaced for various reasons during the investigation.
What these people were purchasing were bogus degrees from non-existent, online, high schools, colleges and universities. They were also buying counterfeit degrees from real colleges and universities and that documentation was forged. Some of the more than 100 fake schools that degrees were issued from have names that sound like an accredited college that we have all heard of.
Keep in mind that it is not illegal to possess a fake degree. If you wish to spend $1,000 to $10,000 for a piece of paper to hang on your wall you are entitled to it. It is illegal to use the degree fraudulently. You can not use it to obtain employment, increased benefits, promotion, or for any other purposes. Unfortunately, with the almost 10,000 people out there with “degrees” from this diploma mill, it is going to be up to the private employer to determine if their employees have degrees or diplomas from a fake institution. That burden is going to rest on the human resource staff.
Filtration Recruiter - Diploma Mill in Washington State
Lisa Sprowls
Filtration Recruiter
Recruiter Solutions International
8850 Tyler Blvd.
Mentor, OH 44060
800-992-3875 ext. 313
lisa@rsipeople.com
Filtration Recruiter, Water Recruiter, Wastewater Recruiter, Environmental Recruiter, Fluid Power Recruiter. As an executive recruiter/headhunter dedicated to serving the search and recruitment needs in both large and small manufacturers and distributors. Dan specializes in the search and placement of sales, engineering, management and upper level management positions. Keywords: Filtration Recruiter, Water Recruiter, Wastewater Recruiter, Pumps, Filters, Microfiltration, Water, Oil, Gas, Air, Industrial, Cartridge, Filtration & Separation, Membrane, Reverse Osmosis, Filtration Equipment, Filter Media, Filtration Supplies, Wastewater, Fuel, Environmental, Storm Water, Dewatering Equipment, Woven, Non Woven, Ultrafiltration, Recruiter Solutions International, RSI, Lisa Sprowls, Dan Regovich, Headhunter Filtration, Filtration Headhunter, Filtration Industry Recruiter, Wastewater and Filtration, Water Treatment, Wastewater
With each and every finalist candidate that we present to our clients, we also provide a complete background check. Our background checks are provided by our parent company, BackTrack Inc., www.backtracker.com. All reports provided include employment verification, education verification, social security trace report, motor vehicle report, reference checking and criminal records searches.
Diploma Mill in Washington State
In early July, Dixie Ellen Randock was sentenced to 3 years in prison for Conspiracy to Commit Wire and Mail Fraud. Her husband, Steve Randock, is scheduled to be sentenced in about a week. Dixie is a high school drop out. What did they do? They have been found guilty of this crime for selling bogus college degrees and high school diplomas from a Spokane, WA diploma mill. The newspaper The Seattle Times (www.seattletimes.com) has since published a couple of lists. One list shows all the people who have purchased degrees and diplomas from this diploma mill – all 9,612 people. Some of these people have multiple degrees that were awarded from this mill.
The US Department of Justice had refused to release the list to the public, and the newspaper is not saying how they obtained the list. The newspaper has conducted a preliminary analysis that shows 135 of these individuals have military ties, 39 have links to the education system, and 17 are employed with government agencies. They got this information through the email addresses that are listed for the individuals (.mil, .gov, or .edu). Their listing does indicate that some of the people who have (*) by their names didn’t necessarily buy degrees, but that their names surfaced for various reasons during the investigation.
What these people were purchasing were bogus degrees from non-existent, online, high schools, colleges and universities. They were also buying counterfeit degrees from real colleges and universities and that documentation was forged. Some of the more than 100 fake schools that degrees were issued from have names that sound like an accredited college that we have all heard of.
Keep in mind that it is not illegal to possess a fake degree. If you wish to spend $1,000 to $10,000 for a piece of paper to hang on your wall you are entitled to it. It is illegal to use the degree fraudulently. You can not use it to obtain employment, increased benefits, promotion, or for any other purposes. Unfortunately, with the almost 10,000 people out there with “degrees” from this diploma mill, it is going to be up to the private employer to determine if their employees have degrees or diplomas from a fake institution. That burden is going to rest on the human resource staff.
Filtration Recruiter - Diploma Mill in Washington State
Lisa Sprowls
Filtration Recruiter
Recruiter Solutions International
8850 Tyler Blvd.
Mentor, OH 44060
800-992-3875 ext. 313
lisa@rsipeople.com
Filtration Recruiter, Water Recruiter, Wastewater Recruiter, Environmental Recruiter, Fluid Power Recruiter. As an executive recruiter/headhunter dedicated to serving the search and recruitment needs in both large and small manufacturers and distributors. Dan specializes in the search and placement of sales, engineering, management and upper level management positions. Keywords: Filtration Recruiter, Water Recruiter, Wastewater Recruiter, Pumps, Filters, Microfiltration, Water, Oil, Gas, Air, Industrial, Cartridge, Filtration & Separation, Membrane, Reverse Osmosis, Filtration Equipment, Filter Media, Filtration Supplies, Wastewater, Fuel, Environmental, Storm Water, Dewatering Equipment, Woven, Non Woven, Ultrafiltration, Recruiter Solutions International, RSI, Lisa Sprowls, Dan Regovich, Headhunter Filtration, Filtration Headhunter, Filtration Industry Recruiter, Wastewater and Filtration, Water Treatment, Wastewater
Saturday, February 9, 2013
Filtration Group of RSI
Lisa Sprowls is an Executive Recruiter specializing in serving the needs of the Filtration Industry. She works on a national basis on both contingency and retained searches. Positions range from General, Plant and Production Management, all areas of Manufacturing, Sales, Quality, Engineering, Human Resources, Financial and Technical, to the most Senior-Level Management positions in a company. RSI’s affiliation with BackTrack Inc. allows us to conduct full background checks on finalist candidates as a value-added service to our clients.
Lisa’s clients are primarily manufacturers, distributors and municipalities which range from the largest domestic and international companies, to small successful privately held organizations. Some areas include but are not limited to: Water, Oil, Gas, Air, Industrial, Cartridge, Chemical, Filtration & Separation, Membrane, Reverse Osmosis, Filtration Equipment, Filter Media, Fibers, Filtration Supplies, Wastewater, Storm Water Environmental, Dewatering Equipment, Woven, and Nonwovens.
Lisa, along with her team, appreciates the opportunity to introduce themselves to you and would look forward to working with you in the future. Please feel free to contact us at any time.
Lisa Sprowls
The Filtration Group of RSI
Phone – 800-992-3875 x313
E-mail lisa@rsipeople.com
Visit us at www.rsipeople.com/filtration
Has achieved pacesetter status
Member of The Water Environment Federation
Corporate Sponsor of American Filtration & Separations Society
Member of National Air Filtration Association
Member of INDA
Contributing Editor of Water and Wastewater.com Blog
Member of The Fluid Power Society
OAESP Member (Ohio Association of Executive Search Professionals)
Filtration Group of RSI, Filtration Group of Recruiter Solutions International, Lisa Sprowls, Filtration Recruiter
Lisa’s clients are primarily manufacturers, distributors and municipalities which range from the largest domestic and international companies, to small successful privately held organizations. Some areas include but are not limited to: Water, Oil, Gas, Air, Industrial, Cartridge, Chemical, Filtration & Separation, Membrane, Reverse Osmosis, Filtration Equipment, Filter Media, Fibers, Filtration Supplies, Wastewater, Storm Water Environmental, Dewatering Equipment, Woven, and Nonwovens.
Lisa, along with her team, appreciates the opportunity to introduce themselves to you and would look forward to working with you in the future. Please feel free to contact us at any time.
Lisa Sprowls
The Filtration Group of RSI
Phone – 800-992-3875 x313
E-mail lisa@rsipeople.com
Visit us at www.rsipeople.com/filtration
Has achieved pacesetter status
Member of The Water Environment Federation
Corporate Sponsor of American Filtration & Separations Society
Member of National Air Filtration Association
Member of INDA
Contributing Editor of Water and Wastewater.com Blog
Member of The Fluid Power Society
OAESP Member (Ohio Association of Executive Search Professionals)
Filtration Group of RSI, Filtration Group of Recruiter Solutions International, Lisa Sprowls, Filtration Recruiter
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Filtration Recruiter - Do You Google Your Applicants?
My name is Lisa Sprowls and I am a Filtration Recruiter. I work on many sales/ engineering/executive/ and management level positions serving the search and recruitment needs of both large and small manufacturers and distributors in the Filtration/Water & Wastewater/ Separations/and Environmental Industries.
With each and every finalist candidate that we present to our clients, we also provide a complete background check. Our background checks are provided by our parent company, BackTrack Inc., www.backtracker.com. All reports provided include employment verification, education verification, social security trace report, motor vehicle report, reference checking and criminal records searches.
Do You Google Your Applicants?
The internet has become a wonderful tool in many different ways. We can find out pretty much anything we want to know from anywhere around the world. Want to know what the weather is currently like where you are going on vacation? Internet it. Want to know what type of vehicle has the best safety features? Internet the question. Want to know if your job applicant has a MySpace page? How easy can it be to check. While the checking may be very easy, what are you going to do with it once you have the information? Can it be used in a hiring decision? Can I Google someone and find out information and use that for a hiring decision?
If you ask a reputable screening agency, the first thing they should tell you is to consult your legal department. This is a decision that your company has to decide for themselves. However, there are some things that an employer needs to be aware of when doing these searches. If you Google someone and find out that they were arrested half way across the United States and you found the arrest records or even a newspaper article about it – that is not a conviction. Records are unsubstantiated. You don’t know if there was a conviction or if the case even went to court. If you find out that your candidate prefers an alternative life style, of what use is that information to you and would it affect the job that they would be doing for the company?
Recent surveys show that approximately 25% of hiring managers use internet search engines to research potential employees, according to an online survey released by CareerBuilder and 12% do searches on social networking sites such as MySpace or Face Book. Of those hiring managers, 63% have indicated they did not hire a person based on what they found. A question that should come up is – on MySpace or Face Book, who put in the information? Was it our candidate or was it someone who is considered a peer? Is it fact or fiction?
Filtration Recruiter - Do You Google Your Applicants?
Lisa Sprowls
Filtration Recruiter
Recruiter Solutions International
8850 Tyler Blvd.
Mentor, OH 44060
800-992-3875 ext. 313
lisa@rsipeople.com
Filtration Recruiter, Water Recruiter, Wastewater Recruiter, Environmental Recruiter, Fluid Power Recruiter. As an executive recruiter/headhunter dedicated to serving the search and recruitment needs in both large and small manufacturers and distributors. Dan specializes in the search and placement of sales, engineering, management and upper level management positions. Keywords: Filtration Recruiter, Water Recruiter, Wastewater Recruiter, Pumps, Filters, Microfiltration, Water, Oil, Gas, Air, Industrial, Cartridge, Filtration & Separation, Membrane, Reverse Osmosis, Filtration Equipment, Filter Media, Filtration Supplies, Wastewater, Fuel, Environmental, Storm Water, Dewatering Equipment, Woven, Non Woven, Ultrafiltration, Recruiter Solutions International, RSI, Lisa Sprowls, Dan Regovich, Headhunter Filtration, Filtration Headhunter, Filtration Industry Recruiter, Wastewater and Filtration, Water Treatment, Wastewater
With each and every finalist candidate that we present to our clients, we also provide a complete background check. Our background checks are provided by our parent company, BackTrack Inc., www.backtracker.com. All reports provided include employment verification, education verification, social security trace report, motor vehicle report, reference checking and criminal records searches.
Do You Google Your Applicants?
The internet has become a wonderful tool in many different ways. We can find out pretty much anything we want to know from anywhere around the world. Want to know what the weather is currently like where you are going on vacation? Internet it. Want to know what type of vehicle has the best safety features? Internet the question. Want to know if your job applicant has a MySpace page? How easy can it be to check. While the checking may be very easy, what are you going to do with it once you have the information? Can it be used in a hiring decision? Can I Google someone and find out information and use that for a hiring decision?
If you ask a reputable screening agency, the first thing they should tell you is to consult your legal department. This is a decision that your company has to decide for themselves. However, there are some things that an employer needs to be aware of when doing these searches. If you Google someone and find out that they were arrested half way across the United States and you found the arrest records or even a newspaper article about it – that is not a conviction. Records are unsubstantiated. You don’t know if there was a conviction or if the case even went to court. If you find out that your candidate prefers an alternative life style, of what use is that information to you and would it affect the job that they would be doing for the company?
Recent surveys show that approximately 25% of hiring managers use internet search engines to research potential employees, according to an online survey released by CareerBuilder and 12% do searches on social networking sites such as MySpace or Face Book. Of those hiring managers, 63% have indicated they did not hire a person based on what they found. A question that should come up is – on MySpace or Face Book, who put in the information? Was it our candidate or was it someone who is considered a peer? Is it fact or fiction?
Filtration Recruiter - Do You Google Your Applicants?
Lisa Sprowls
Filtration Recruiter
Recruiter Solutions International
8850 Tyler Blvd.
Mentor, OH 44060
800-992-3875 ext. 313
lisa@rsipeople.com
Filtration Recruiter, Water Recruiter, Wastewater Recruiter, Environmental Recruiter, Fluid Power Recruiter. As an executive recruiter/headhunter dedicated to serving the search and recruitment needs in both large and small manufacturers and distributors. Dan specializes in the search and placement of sales, engineering, management and upper level management positions. Keywords: Filtration Recruiter, Water Recruiter, Wastewater Recruiter, Pumps, Filters, Microfiltration, Water, Oil, Gas, Air, Industrial, Cartridge, Filtration & Separation, Membrane, Reverse Osmosis, Filtration Equipment, Filter Media, Filtration Supplies, Wastewater, Fuel, Environmental, Storm Water, Dewatering Equipment, Woven, Non Woven, Ultrafiltration, Recruiter Solutions International, RSI, Lisa Sprowls, Dan Regovich, Headhunter Filtration, Filtration Headhunter, Filtration Industry Recruiter, Wastewater and Filtration, Water Treatment, Wastewater
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Filtration Recruiter - Employee Theft
My name is Lisa Sprowls and I am a Filtration Recruiter. I work on many sales/ engineering/executive/ and management level positions serving the search and recruitment needs of both large and small manufacturers and distributors in the Filtration/Water & Wastewater/ Separations/and Environmental Industries.
With each and every finalist candidate that we present to our clients, we also provide a complete background check. Our background checks are provided by our parent company, BackTrack Inc., www.backtracker.com. All reports provided include employment verification, education verification, social security trace report, motor vehicle report, reference checking and criminal records searches.
Employee Theft
Small business fraud is on the rise. Depending on which survey you look at, small businesses are classified as a business with 100-1,000 employees or even 1,000 to 5,000 employees. So if you own or operate a small business that falls in one of those two categories, what can you do to help prevent your profit margin from going out the back door in an employee pocket?
Business consultants provide some very sound advice. Their step 1 starts off with “one of the most basic steps in preventing employee fraud is not to hire employees who have stolen previously”. They continue on in their article about other steps that a company can take, but step 1 seems almost to be an obvious answer.
Check past employment history. If an employer will provide dates and title only, see if an employee is eligible for rehire. That may or may not provide some insight in to that employee. Do criminal background checks and drug screening. If an employee is a frequent drug user, they may be more prone to theft or fraud. Also call on references. Many employers don’t contact references because they feel that an employee isn’t going to provide someone who gives a bad reference. However, the employee may be giving you a list of names that sound important assuming that you won’t call.
Other things an organization can do are to host audits, both surprise audits and external audits. Also consider job rotation if that is applicable within your organization. Set up an internal anonymous reporting policy where employees can contact a tip line to report information.
Business fraud costs organizations billions of dollars a year. A study in 2006 by the Association of Certified Fraud Examines (ACFE) reported the median loss of $159,000 with organizations of fewer than 100 employees suffering disproportionate losses in occupational fraud.
Start with the basics. Do background checking on employees to start. Get programs going in the organization that will help detect fraud after the employee is hired. The steps can help a company stay healthy and profitable.
Filtration Recruiter - Employee Theft
Lisa Sprowls
Filtration Recruiter
Recruiter Solutions International
8850 Tyler Blvd.
Mentor, OH 44060
800-992-3875 ext. 313
lisa@rsipeople.com
Filtration Recruiter, Water Recruiter, Wastewater Recruiter, Environmental Recruiter, Fluid Power Recruiter. As an executive recruiter/headhunter dedicated to serving the search and recruitment needs in both large and small manufacturers and distributors. Dan specializes in the search and placement of sales, engineering, management and upper level management positions. Keywords: Filtration Recruiter, Water Recruiter, Wastewater Recruiter, Pumps, Filters, Microfiltration, Water, Oil, Gas, Air, Industrial, Cartridge, Filtration & Separation, Membrane, Reverse Osmosis, Filtration Equipment, Filter Media, Filtration Supplies, Wastewater, Fuel, Environmental, Storm Water, Dewatering Equipment, Woven, Non Woven, Ultrafiltration, Recruiter Solutions International, RSI, Lisa Sprowls, Dan Regovich, Headhunter Filtration, Filtration Headhunter, Filtration Industry Recruiter, Wastewater and Filtration, Water Treatment, Wastewater Treatment Please visit our website at www.rsipeople.com/filtration/lisa
With each and every finalist candidate that we present to our clients, we also provide a complete background check. Our background checks are provided by our parent company, BackTrack Inc., www.backtracker.com. All reports provided include employment verification, education verification, social security trace report, motor vehicle report, reference checking and criminal records searches.
Employee Theft
Small business fraud is on the rise. Depending on which survey you look at, small businesses are classified as a business with 100-1,000 employees or even 1,000 to 5,000 employees. So if you own or operate a small business that falls in one of those two categories, what can you do to help prevent your profit margin from going out the back door in an employee pocket?
Business consultants provide some very sound advice. Their step 1 starts off with “one of the most basic steps in preventing employee fraud is not to hire employees who have stolen previously”. They continue on in their article about other steps that a company can take, but step 1 seems almost to be an obvious answer.
Check past employment history. If an employer will provide dates and title only, see if an employee is eligible for rehire. That may or may not provide some insight in to that employee. Do criminal background checks and drug screening. If an employee is a frequent drug user, they may be more prone to theft or fraud. Also call on references. Many employers don’t contact references because they feel that an employee isn’t going to provide someone who gives a bad reference. However, the employee may be giving you a list of names that sound important assuming that you won’t call.
Other things an organization can do are to host audits, both surprise audits and external audits. Also consider job rotation if that is applicable within your organization. Set up an internal anonymous reporting policy where employees can contact a tip line to report information.
Business fraud costs organizations billions of dollars a year. A study in 2006 by the Association of Certified Fraud Examines (ACFE) reported the median loss of $159,000 with organizations of fewer than 100 employees suffering disproportionate losses in occupational fraud.
Start with the basics. Do background checking on employees to start. Get programs going in the organization that will help detect fraud after the employee is hired. The steps can help a company stay healthy and profitable.
Filtration Recruiter - Employee Theft
Lisa Sprowls
Filtration Recruiter
Recruiter Solutions International
8850 Tyler Blvd.
Mentor, OH 44060
800-992-3875 ext. 313
lisa@rsipeople.com
Filtration Recruiter, Water Recruiter, Wastewater Recruiter, Environmental Recruiter, Fluid Power Recruiter. As an executive recruiter/headhunter dedicated to serving the search and recruitment needs in both large and small manufacturers and distributors. Dan specializes in the search and placement of sales, engineering, management and upper level management positions. Keywords: Filtration Recruiter, Water Recruiter, Wastewater Recruiter, Pumps, Filters, Microfiltration, Water, Oil, Gas, Air, Industrial, Cartridge, Filtration & Separation, Membrane, Reverse Osmosis, Filtration Equipment, Filter Media, Filtration Supplies, Wastewater, Fuel, Environmental, Storm Water, Dewatering Equipment, Woven, Non Woven, Ultrafiltration, Recruiter Solutions International, RSI, Lisa Sprowls, Dan Regovich, Headhunter Filtration, Filtration Headhunter, Filtration Industry Recruiter, Wastewater and Filtration, Water Treatment, Wastewater Treatment Please visit our website at www.rsipeople.com/filtration/lisa
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Filtration Recruiter - How Did You Do That?
My name is Lisa Sprowls and I am a Filtration Recruiter. I work on many sales/ engineering/executive/ and management level positions serving the search and recruitment needs of both large and small manufacturers and distributors in the Filtration/Water & Wastewater/ Separations/and Environmental Industries.
With each and every finalist candidate that we present to our clients, we also provide a complete background check. Our background checks are provided by our parent company, BackTrack Inc., www.backtracker.com. All reports provided include employment verification, education verification, social security trace report, motor vehicle report, reference checking and criminal records searches.
How Did You Do That?
A common question we get is “where did you find that information?”. There is a large misconception “out there” about secret databases and information stockpiles. In part, this is caused by the internet. In the last 10 years or so, any time we had a question we could go to the internet for the answer. “Just Google it” is a common phrase heard ‘round the world.
However, when background screening is added to this equation, you have to be very careful “just Googleing it”. If you do an internet search for criminal records the records you find may not be accurate. You may be getting records of arrest where a case has been dismissed or someone was found not guilty. You may even find inaccurate information or information that isn’t really related to whomever you are searching for.
A reputable background screening company is going to get the information for you the old fashioned way. They are going to call the employers, they are going to call the schools and they will send court runners in to the courts. The information that they provide to you will be in a report that you can view, print, or keep in a file. That report is also going to be FCRA compliant and can be used as a tool when you make a hiring decision
Filtration Recruiter - How Did You Do That?
Lisa Sprowls
Filtration Recruiter
Recruiter Solutions International
8850 Tyler Blvd.
Mentor, OH 44060
800-992-3875 ext. 313
lisa@rsipeople.com
Filtration Recruiter, Water Recruiter, Wastewater Recruiter, Environmental Recruiter, Fluid Power Recruiter. As an executive recruiter/headhunter dedicated to serving the search and recruitment needs in both large and small manufacturers and distributors. Dan specializes in the search and placement of sales, engineering, management and upper level management positions. Keywords: Filtration Recruiter, Water Recruiter, Wastewater Recruiter, Pumps, Filters, Microfiltration, Water, Oil, Gas, Air, Industrial, Cartridge, Filtration & Separation, Membrane, Reverse Osmosis, Filtration Equipment, Filter Media, Filtration Supplies, Wastewater, Fuel, Environmental, Storm Water, Dewatering Equipment, Woven, Non Woven, Ultrafiltration, Recruiter Solutions International, RSI, Lisa Sprowls, Dan Regovich, Headhunter Filtration, Filtration Headhunter, Filtration Industry Recruiter, Wastewater and Filtration, Water Treatment, Wastewater Treatment Please visit our website at www.rsipeople.com/filtration/lisa
With each and every finalist candidate that we present to our clients, we also provide a complete background check. Our background checks are provided by our parent company, BackTrack Inc., www.backtracker.com. All reports provided include employment verification, education verification, social security trace report, motor vehicle report, reference checking and criminal records searches.
How Did You Do That?
A common question we get is “where did you find that information?”. There is a large misconception “out there” about secret databases and information stockpiles. In part, this is caused by the internet. In the last 10 years or so, any time we had a question we could go to the internet for the answer. “Just Google it” is a common phrase heard ‘round the world.
However, when background screening is added to this equation, you have to be very careful “just Googleing it”. If you do an internet search for criminal records the records you find may not be accurate. You may be getting records of arrest where a case has been dismissed or someone was found not guilty. You may even find inaccurate information or information that isn’t really related to whomever you are searching for.
A reputable background screening company is going to get the information for you the old fashioned way. They are going to call the employers, they are going to call the schools and they will send court runners in to the courts. The information that they provide to you will be in a report that you can view, print, or keep in a file. That report is also going to be FCRA compliant and can be used as a tool when you make a hiring decision
Filtration Recruiter - How Did You Do That?
Lisa Sprowls
Filtration Recruiter
Recruiter Solutions International
8850 Tyler Blvd.
Mentor, OH 44060
800-992-3875 ext. 313
lisa@rsipeople.com
Filtration Recruiter, Water Recruiter, Wastewater Recruiter, Environmental Recruiter, Fluid Power Recruiter. As an executive recruiter/headhunter dedicated to serving the search and recruitment needs in both large and small manufacturers and distributors. Dan specializes in the search and placement of sales, engineering, management and upper level management positions. Keywords: Filtration Recruiter, Water Recruiter, Wastewater Recruiter, Pumps, Filters, Microfiltration, Water, Oil, Gas, Air, Industrial, Cartridge, Filtration & Separation, Membrane, Reverse Osmosis, Filtration Equipment, Filter Media, Filtration Supplies, Wastewater, Fuel, Environmental, Storm Water, Dewatering Equipment, Woven, Non Woven, Ultrafiltration, Recruiter Solutions International, RSI, Lisa Sprowls, Dan Regovich, Headhunter Filtration, Filtration Headhunter, Filtration Industry Recruiter, Wastewater and Filtration, Water Treatment, Wastewater Treatment Please visit our website at www.rsipeople.com/filtration/lisa
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