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Patrick Barnett's Articles in General Business

  • The Importance Of Employment History Verification
    Employment history verification is essential for many reasons. Job applicants may lie on their resume to cover up previous employment problems, and even periods of imprisonment that they obviously do not want to reveal in an application for a new job. You are obliged not only by law, but morally, to make as sure as you possibly can that your employees are not harmed through your employment of an unsuitable candidate.
  • Screening Hotel Employees and Psychometric Testing
    Screening hotel employees should involve a degree of psychometric testing in order to determine if the applicant is suitable for the type of work involved. Hotel employees have a particularly close relationship with other employees in addition to exposure to very tempting situations for those with a criminal tendency.
  • How to deal with employee theft
    Employee theft is a very common crime that is not even regarded as a crime by most people who commit it. The taking of the odd pen or few sheets of paper home is regarded as many as being a right rather than as a crime and it is something that even the most senior of managers are guilty of.
  • Employment Screening and Zero Tolerance to Violence
    Have you ever considered how your employment screening policy can be used to reduce workplace violence? Why not try adopting a zero-tolerance approach to violence and workplace theft? This can have a dramatic effect of the attitude of employees and their own rejection of anybody with a violent or aggressive personality.