International Background Checks: Global Due Diligence and Legal Compliance

Why Should You Attend:

With the mobility of workers across international borders it is no longer adequate to conduct these checks just in the United States. A significant percentage of the population consists of immigrants. In addition, an increasing number of workers have spent part of their professional career abroad. With business going global, U.S. firms are having to staff up offices internationally as well. The number of countries from which employers seek additional information about applicants is expansive, and includes India, China, Philippines, France, Germany, Russia, Brazil, Mexico, Australia, Japan, Canada, among others.

This webinar will look at why international background checks are becoming an important tool for employers and how they can be challenging. Attendees will gain an understanding of the limitations to international background checks and international employment and education verification.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn why international background checks are becoming an important tool for employers.
• Learn why international screening can be challenging.
• Understand the tools that are available.
• Understand limitations to international background checks.
• Learn the legal and privacy aspects of checking international credentials.
• Understand the challenges and availability of international criminal records.

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

• The legal, practical and cultural challenges employers face when obtaining information outside of the U.S.
• The ins and outs of international criminal records.
• Terrorist databases.
• Whether background checks are needed on applicants with a visa.
• International employment and education verification.
• How to protect against fake international degrees.
• Data protection and privacy including the rules of the European Union and Canada.
• Ways to help hire the best regardless of the country involved.

Who Will Benefit:

• Human Resources Professionals
• Hiring and Employment Managers
• Employers and Business Owners
• Talent Management Officers
• Risk, Audit, and Compliance Personnel
• Anyone involved with the hiring and/or retention process at a company

Instructor Profile:

Lester S. Rosen is an attorney at law and CEO of Employment Screening Resources (ESR), a national background screening company located in California. ESR is an accredited background firm under the National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS) accreditation program. ESR also successfully completed a SOC 2 Type 2 audit report to ensure data protection.

He is the author of “The Safe Hiring Manual – The Complete Guide to Employment Screening Background Checks for Employers, Recruiters, and Jobseekers (728 pages-Facts on Demand Press/2nd Edition / October 2012), the first comprehensive book on employment screening. He has also written “The Safe Hiring Audit,” published in 2008.

He is also a consultant, writer and frequent presenter nationwide on pre-employment screening and safe hiring issues. He has qualified and testified in the California, Florida and Arkansas Superior Courts as an expert witness on issues surrounding safe hiring and due diligence. His speaking appearances have included numerous national and statewide conferences.

Mr. Rosen was the chairperson of the steering committee that founded the National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS) a professional trade organization for the screening industry and served as the first co-chairman in 2004.

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