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ESR is now the firm that wrote the book on pre-employment background checks and safe hiring.  See "The Safe Hiring Manual - The Complete Guide to Keeping Criminals, Terrorists and Imposters Out of Your Workplace". Available at Borders, Barnes and Noble, Amazon books, or from the publisher online>>>

Online Education by ESR--ESR presents an intensive 30-hour online educational and professional development course designed for employers, human resource and security professionals, and anyone else involved in risk management and due diligence in hiring. The curriculum includes quizzes with over 300 questions, a workbook, chapter reviews, and exercises. Through this course, participants will obtain the knowledge and skills necessary to implement and manage a legal and effective safe hiring program. Upon successful completion, participants will receive a Certificate of Completion, marking a significant professional accomplishment. See the course at http://esr.coursehost.com.

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2007 Schedule

Fall, 2007--International Pre-employment Screening Conference, Bangalore, India (details to follow)

June 10-13--Boston, MA--PRIMA Conference (details to follow)

June 25/26, 2007--Las Vegas, Nv.--"Negligent Hiring Mock Trial" and "Legal and Effective Reference Checking and Education Verification." SHRM 59th Annual National Conference and Exposition. 

June 8, 2007--Pasadena, CA- "Everything You Wanted to Know About Pre-employment Screening," Lorman Seminars

April 23/24, 2007--New Orleans, LA.--"Avoid Negligent hiring-Best Practices and Legal Compliance" and "Extreme Caution Advised: Dealing with Federal and sate Laws Regulating Pre-employment Screening and Background Checks."  2007 SHRM Staffing Management Conference

April 3, 2007--Sacramento, CA-- "Everything You Wanted to Know About Pre-employment Screening,"  Lorman Seminars

February 22, 2007-Santa Clara, CA.--"Avoid Negligent Hiring--Best Practices and Legal Compliance."  Santa Clara EAC, Biltmore Hotel

January 30, 2007--Stockton, CA--"Everything You Wanted to Know About Pre-employment Screening,"  Lorman Seminars

January 26--Scottsdale, Arizona--"Pre-employment Screening,"  2006 Annual Conference for the Consumer Data Industry Association (CDIA),


2006 Schedule

December 5, 2007--Sonoma County, CA. "Avoid Problem Employees:  Effective Hiring in the Wine industry"  NCHRA  conference (dentils to be posted)

November 29, 2007-San Francisco,, Ca-"Avoid Negligent Hiring-Best Practices and Legal Compliance."  The HRNtworx.  See>>>

November 20, 2006-- IOMA audio conference,--"Background Checks: Legal Use in the Hiring and Talent Management Process, " See>>>

November 13, 2006 --Tampa, FL-Keynote address at the Annual Pre-Employment Screeners Conference ( Intended for background firms and record retrievers ) "Ask a Lawyer--Everything You Wanted to Know About Legal Compliance and Background Checks,"  See: http://www.searchforcrime.com/Conference/body.htm .

November 9, 2006--IPMA-HR audio conference--Public Sector Pre-employment Background Screening --Trends, Legal Developments and Best Practice See>>>

November 8, 2006--New York, NY-- "Background Checks and Recruiting Practices and Legal Compliance," Kennedy Information's Recruiting 2006 Conference and Expo.

November 6, 2006-Long Branch, NJ--"Pre-employment Background Checks,"  Garden Sate Council (New Jersey State Council) SHRM Statewide Conference>>>

November 1, 2007-Palo Alto, Ca-"Avoid Negligent Hiring-Best Practices and Legal Compliance."  The HRNtworx.  See>>>

October 13, 2006--Sonoma County, CA-"International Background Screening."  23th Annual Conference for PASCO (THE Professional Association of Sonoma County)>>>

October 3, 2006--Las Vegas, NV  "Who are You Hiring-- Credential Verification and Background Checks."  National Bio Human Resources Conference sponsored by Bio- Biotechnology Industry Organization

September 30, 2006--San Diego, CA.  "Negligent Hiring Mock Trial-- College and University HR in the Hot Seat."  National HR Conference for College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR)

September 22, 2006--Long Beach, CA.  "Legal and Effective Employment an Education Verification"  48th Annual Professionals in Human Resources Association (PIHRA) Annual Conference. (See www.PIHRA.org)

September 21, 2006--Long Beach, CA.  "International Background Checks"  48th Annual Professionals in Human Resources Association (PIHRA) Annual Conference. (See www.PIHRA.org)

September 12, 2006--Oakland, CA.  "International Background Checks."  Northern California Human Resources Association (NCHRA) Annual Conference.  See>>>

September 5, 2006--Chandler, AZ-.-Panel Discussion on "Navigating the Legal Edge."  Arizona State SHRM Conference

 

July 27, 2006-- Kennedy Information National Audio Conference--"Background Checks and Recruiting -- Avoiding Negligent Hiring." (Details>>>)

June 27/28, 2006--Washington D.C. "Avoid Negligent Hiring-Best Practices and Legal Compliance,"  SHRM 58th Annual Conference & Exposition

June 22, 2006-San Diego, CA-"The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and Legal Compliance for Employment Screening."  Annual Conference for the California Association of Licensed Investigators (CALI)

May 16 and June 20, 2006--Avoid Negligent Hiring." Seminars for Solo HR Departments, San Jose, CA For more information and Registration, see:>>>

May 8, 2006--Alameda, CA- "Ask a Lawyer - Everything you Wanted to Know About Background Checks But Were Afraid to Ask."  East Bay District CALI meeting

April 27, 2006--National Web conference-"Avoid Negligent Hiring-Best Practices and Legal Compliance," sponsored by the Northern California Human Resources Association (NCHRA)

April 20, 2006-- IOMA audio conference,--"Background Checks: Legal Use in the Hiring and Talent Management Process, " April 20, 2006 --2:00 - 3:30 PM ET .

April 4, 2006--National teleconference-" Pre-employment Screening for Security Directors-- Effective Strategies for Smart Background Investigations ." Sponsored by Stratford Publication (http://www.straffordpub.com/products/preemploy/)

March 30, 2006--San Diego, CA. "Pre-employment Background Screening for HR and Staffing Professionals,"  SHRM 37th Annual Employment Management Association Conference and Exposition (EMA) 

March 29, 2006--Pasadena, CA. " Background Checks, Due Diligence, and Hospitals." 

Healthcare Human Resources Management Association of California (HHRMAC) Conference,   Westin Pasadena.  See>>>

March 21, 2006--Las Vegas, NV "International Pre-employment Background Screening - Dealing with the Practical and Legal Challenges."  29th Annual SHRM Global Forum

March 17, 2006 --Oakland, CA " "Extreme Caution Advised: Dealing With Federal and State Laws Regulating Pre-Employment Screening And Safe Hiring," Lorman Seminars - See>>>

 


2005 Schedule

November 13, 2005 --Tampa, FL " Legal Risk Management for Background Screening Firms--Best Practices to Keep You and Your Clients Out of Court." National Conference of Background Screening Firms  ( Intended for background firms and record retrievers ) http://www.searchforcrime.com/Conference/body.htm .

October 27, 2005--Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX --"Human Resources, Homeland Security and the War on Terrorism"  2005 HR Southwest Human Resources Conference and Exposition. 

October 6, 2005 --Long Beach, CA "Criminals, Imposters and Hiring - Legal and Effective Background Screening." 48th Annual Professionals in Human Resources Association (PIHRA) Annual Conference. (See www.PIHRA.org)  Workshop--2 1/2 hours

September 29, 2005--Milwaukee, WI-- " Criminals, Imposters and HR---The Legal and Effective Use of Criminal Records and Background Checks in the Hiring Process."  19th Annual Wisconsin SHRM State Conference.  www.wishrm.org

September 23/24, 2005 --Baltimore, MD "What Every Recruiter and Staffing Professional Needs to Know About Background Checks, Negligent Hiring and Keeping Criminals and Imposters from Putting Them out of Business."  The National Association of Personnel Services (NAPS) Annual Conference.  See>>>

September 22, 2005 --Orlando, FL "Avoid Hiring Criminals, Terrorists and Imposters, " 2005 National Safety Council Congress. 

September 12, 2005 --Orlando, FL " Pre-Employment Background Screening--How to Keep Criminals, Terrorists and Imposters Out of Your Workplace" ASIS International 51st Annual Seminar and Exhibits, Monday, September 12, 2005 at 1:30 PM. 


September 6, 2005--Tucson, AZ “Human Resources, Terrorism & the Patriot Act”. 2005 Arizona SHRM State Conference. 

 

September - November, 2005--ESR Seminar Series in Northern California- Avoid Negligent Hiring-Best Practices and Legal Compliance.  ESR is pleased to be an approved provider for HRCI credits.  See: 

Thursday, July 28 - Emeryville
Thursday, September 8 - San Jose/Santa Clara
Tuesday, October 11 - San Francisco

Thursday, November 10 - Pleasanton/Dublin

 

June 16, 2005 --Kennedy Information Audio Conference on, "Background Checks and Recruiting -- Avoiding the Disaster of a Bad Hire." Additional information at:  http://www.kennedyinfo.com/audio/Rosen/

June 8, 2005--Riverside, CA. "Diligence in Selecting Staff, Volunteers and Mentors."  9th Annual Inland Empire Nonprofit Conference. 

May 18, 2005-San Mateo, CA. " Criminals, Imposters and HR---The Legal and Effective Use of Criminal Records and Background Checks in the Hiring Process."  San Mateo County EAC lunch meeting. 

May 13, 2005--Fremont, CA "Developments and Trends in Employment Screening and Safe Hiring-Audit Your Current Practices" Seminar for Senior HR Executives (by invitation only)  The HR Connection

May 12, 2005--National Webinar" Background Checks and Staffing Professionals."  Presented by the National Association of Staffing Professionals (NAPS) . See site>>>

April 25, 2005--Little Rock, AR  "Background Screening and Higher Education: Special Issues involving Background Screening and Due Diligence in the Educational Environment."  Annual Conference for the Southwest Region for the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR).  See>>>>

April 21 and 22, 2005--Dallas, TX "Criminals, Imposters and Recruiting - The Role of Pre-employment Screening in the Hiring Process."   SRHM 36th Annual Employment Management Association Conference and Exposition.

March 3, 2005--Aptos, CA "Are You Ready to Hire?"  Things are starting to look up, so come in for a tune-up. This half-day seminar will cover everything everything you need to know in order to hire successfully! Speakers: Janett Spirer, Humanex, Inc. and Les Rosen, Employment Screening Resources (ESR).  Sponsored by the Santa Cruz EAC-Aptos Seascape Golf Club event room. 

February 16, 2005--San Francisco, CA "Safe Hiring Workshop-Legal and Effective Pre-employment Background Screening."   (A three hour workshop for HR professionals and employers sponsored by the NCHRA--www.nchra.org )

February 9, 2005--Santa Clara, CA "Safe Hiring Workshop-Legal and Effective Pre-employment Background Screening."  (A three-hour workshop sponsored by the NCHRA-www.nchra.org )

January 12, 2005--ASIS Virtual Forum- "Safe Hiring Audit-Implementing and Measuring Due Diligence." (Repeat of program presented at the ASIS 2004 International Seminar). See>>>


 

 2004 Schedule

November 17, 2004--Tampa, FL "Pre-employment Screening, Safe Hiring and Homeland Security."  Full -day seminar on safe hiring and due diligence for employers, HR and security professionals presented by ESR in conjunction with the HR Screener, a national publication on pre-employment screening and safe hiring for HR professionals.  For further details contact ESR.  Details posted on the HR Screener>>>.

November 15, 2004--Tampa, FL National Conference of Background Screening Firms-"Legal Update-- What Every Background Firm Needs To Know About the FCRA and Laws Effecting Pre-Employment Screening." (Intended for background firms and record retrievers )http://www.searchforcrime.com/Conference/body.htm.

November 12, 2004--Berkeley, CA "Keeping Criminals, Imposters and Terrorists Out of Your Workplace."  The Golden Gate Chapter of the National Safety Management Society.  Noon at His Lordships Restaurant at the Berkeley Marina.

October 6, 2004--Dallas, TX  "Crimes, Criminals and Human Resources"  HRSouthwest Annual Conference. See www.HRsouthwest.com

September 29, 2004--Dallas, TX  "Safe Hiring Audit-Implementing and Measuring Due Diligence."  ASIS International 2004 Seminar & Exhibits. See www.asisonline.org

September 23, 2004--Oakland, CA "Are You Ready to Hire?"  Things are starting to look up, so come in for a tune-up. This half-day seminar will cover everything from deciding that you need to hire to successfully guiding your new employee through the critical first three months on the job. Job descriptions, recruiting, interviewing, negotiating, reference/background checks, and orientation - everything you need to know in order to hire successfully! Speakers: Janett Spirer, Humanex, Inc. and Les Rosen, Employment Screening Resources (ESR).  Location/Time: Oakland Airport Hilton, 7:30am-Noon. Sponsored by the EAC of the California Employment Development Department.  See:  http://ceac.org/?regions/region2/east_bay/eb_sched

September 13/14-Oakland, CA  "Extreme Caution Advised:  Dealing with Federal and State Laws that Regulate Pre-Employment Screening and Safe Hiring."  Northern California Human Resources Association (NCHRA) Annual Conference.  See www.nchra.org.

September 2, 2004--Long Beach, CA  "Safe Hiring Audit-Implementing and Measuring Due Diligence."  2004 Professionals in Human Resources Association (PIHRA) Annual Conference.  (See www.PIHRA.org)

August 24, 2004--Santa Rosa, CA  "How to Hire Winners!"  Lorman Seminars. See>>>

May 19, 2004--Sacramento, CA " How to Avoid the Nightmare of a Bad Hire." American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE). 

May 18, 2004--San Rafael, CA "Ten Safe Hiring Tools Employers Can Use Today and Cost Nothing." Marin HR Forum-noon

May 6, 2004- -National Audio Conference sponsored by BNA "Criminal Records Use: What the HR Professional Must Know To Avoid Bad Hires and Legal Problems."  .Expert panel including ESR president Lester S. Rosen Time: 2:00 to 3:15 EST.  See:  http://www.bna.com/promotions/audio/agenda.htm

May 5, 2004--San Rafael, CA "Its a Small World AfterAll--International Background Screening for Employers"  ASIS Golden Gate Chapter Noon

April 20-21, 2004--Washington D.C.  SHRM 35th Annual Employment Management Association (EMA) Conference and Exposition.  Topic: -"Safe Hiring Audit-Implementing and Measuring Due Diligence in Your Hiring." 

April 13, 2004--Houston, TX   " How to Avoid Hiring Criminals and Problem Employees." Gulf Coast Symposium.  See www.hrhouston.org

April 6, 2004--Oakland, CA Privacy in the Workplace. Seminar sponsored by Lorman Seminars   (Details twww.lorman.com))

March 23, 2004-San Jose, CA  "Identify Theft: How Individuals and Businesses Can Protect Against Fraud and New Legal Obligations on Employers."  San Jose EAC (breakfast meeting).

March 18, 2004--Audio Conference sponsored by Stafford Publications--" The Fair Credit Reporting Act: Recent Change." Expert panel including ESR president Lester S. Rosen: Time: 1:00 to 2:30 EST. See: http://www.straffordpub.com

March 16, 2004-- Pleasanton, CA  " Dodging the Bullet--Keeping Criminals and Imposters Out of Your Workplace in Ten Easy Steps."  TriValley Human Resources Association (TVHRA) (noon meeting)

March 10, 2004--Stockton, CA "Crimes, Criminals and Human Resources."  San Joaquin Human Resource Association (SJHRA) at Noon.  See www.sjhra.org

February 24, 2004--Newark/Fremont,, CA-- Keeping Imposters and Criminals Out of the Workplace--An Introduction to Safe Hiring and Pre-employment Screening in California.   (A three hour workshop sponsored by he NCHRA--www.nchra.org )

February 19, 2004--San Francisco,, CA--Keeping Imposters and Criminals Out of the Workplace--An Introduction to Safe Hiring and Pre-employment Screening in California.   (A three hour workshop sponsored by he NCHRA-www.nchra.org )

February 11, 2004--Sacramento, CA-" Legal Pre-employment Background Investigations for Security Professionals:  New Laws and New Challenges.:  ASIS Sacramento Chapter


February 6, 2004-Palm Springs, CA-"Everything You Need to Know about the FCRA and Background Checks, and the New Federal and California Law."  CALI Mid-Winter Conference.  See www.CALI-PI.org

 

January 22, 2004--San Jose, CA--"The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) in 2004--Challanges and Opportunities for Investigators and Risk- Management Professionals." Sponsored by San Jose District CALI.  Additional details available soon. 


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