Some Companies Have Cut Back on Background Screening

[...]of staffing changes caused by the pandemic and the subsequent Great Resignation, U.S. employers are collectively sitting on 11 million job openings as the national unemployment rate hovers around 3.6 percent, one of the lowest levels in 20 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Software programs will scour publicly accessible social media accounts, news stones and blogs for red-flag material that could threaten a company's workplace culture and brand. "If you're putting something out there that's racist or derogatory that the whole world is seeing, that's something a company may want to take a look at," says Fred Amicucci, vice president of sales and marketing for Woodland Park, N.J.-based Data Screening, which has included the AI feature in its offerings for about a year. Some employers are willing to be flexible depending on the circumstances, says Fred Amicucci, vice president of sales and marketing for Woodland Park, N.J.-based Data Screening.