Background checks and screening, what can potential employers do and what is against the law

Summary: According to the CareerBuilder survey, most hiring managers are not specifically or actively looking for negative information on candidates, but rather a confirmation of qualifications, a positive professional image, with 21% looking for reasons TO HIRE THE CANDIDATE.

Reasons why candidates have not been hired:

• Provocative or inappropriate photographs, videos or information – 46 percent

• Information about candidate drinking or using drugs – 43 percent

• Discriminatory comments related to race, religion, gender, etc. – 33 percent

• Candidate bad-mouthed previous company or a fellow employee – 31 percent

• Poor communication skills – 29 percent

Guest Farhad Bhyat (farosian)

Farhad Bhyat is the CEO and co-founder of FAROSIAN, South Africa's pioneering social media assurance, and Risk Mitigation

Background checks and screening, what can potential employers do and what is against the law

Summary: According to the CareerBuilder survey, most hiring managers are not specifically or actively looking for negative information on candidates, but rather a confirmation of qualifications, a positive professional image, with 21% looking for reasons TO HIRE THE CANDIDATE.

Reasons why candidates have not been hired:

• Provocative or inappropriate photographs, videos or information – 46 percent

• Information about candidate drinking or using drugs – 43 percent

• Discriminatory comments related to race, religion, gender, etc. – 33 percent

• Candidate bad-mouthed previous company or a fellow employee – 31 percent

• Poor communication skills – 29 percent

Guest Farhad Bhyat (farosian)

Farhad Bhyat is the CEO and co-founder of FAROSIAN, South Africa's pioneering social media assurance, and Risk Mitigation

Its the first episode of HR Wired brought to you by Africa Business Radio in collaboration with HR Pulse.

We shine the spotlight on the most important aspect of business and that is the talent because a well-run hr department improves productivity and aids in maintaining the organizations brand image. It also plays a huge role in developing the organizations' strategy as well as how the employee-centered activities are handled.

On this episode, we started with HR Updates presented by Sibo Guru.

This week on Productivity vs profitability, we look The productivity puzzle; talking about what your business can do with an extra 31 hours of productive time each week? Less sweat, better outcomes, especially for small businesses.

On HR Chat, we spoke to Farhad about Background checks and screening, what can potential employers do and what is against the law

Summary: According to the CareerBuilder survey, most hiring managers are not specifically or actively looking for negative information on

Its the first episode of HR Wired brought to you by Africa Business Radio in collaboration with HR Pulse.

We shine the spotlight on the most important aspect of business and that is the talent because a well-run hr department improves productivity and aids in maintaining the organizations brand image. It also plays a huge role in developing the organizations' strategy as well as how the employee-centered activities are handled.

On this episode, we started with HR Updates presented by Sibo Guru.

This week on Productivity vs profitability, we look The productivity puzzle; talking about what your business can do with an extra 31 hours of productive time each week? Less sweat, better outcomes, especially for small businesses.

On HR Chat, we spoke to Farhad about Background checks and screening, what can potential employers do and what is against the law

Summary: According to the CareerBuilder survey, most hiring managers are not specifically or actively looking for negative information on

Its the first episode of HR Wired brought to you by Africa Business Radio in collaboration with HR Pulse.

We shine the spotlight on the most important aspect of business and that is the talent because a well-run hr department improves productivity and aids in maintaining the organizations brand image. It also plays a huge role in developing the organizations' strategy as well as how the employee-centered activities are handled.

On this episode, we started with HR Updates presented by Sibo Guru.

This week on Productivity vs profitability, we look The productivity puzzle; talking about what your business can do with an extra 31 hours of productive time each week? Less sweat, better outcomes, especially for small businesses.

On HR Chat, we spoke to Farhad about Background checks and screening, what can potential employers do and what is against the law

Summary: According to the CareerBuilder survey, most hiring managers are not specifically or actively looking for negative information on

Its the first episode of HR Wired brought to you by Africa Business Radio in collaboration with HR Pulse.

We shine the spotlight on the most important aspect of business and that is the talent because a well-run hr department improves productivity and aids in maintaining the organizations brand image. It also plays a huge role in developing the organizations' strategy as well as how the employee-centered activities are handled.

On this episode, we started with HR Updates presented by Sibo Guru.

This week on Productivity vs profitability, we look The productivity puzzle; talking about what your business can do with an extra 31 hours of productive time each week? Less sweat, better outcomes, especially for small businesses.

On HR Chat, we spoke to Farhad about Background checks and screening, what can potential employers do and what is against the law

Summary: According to the CareerBuilder survey, most hiring managers are not specifically or actively looking for negative information on

You cannot be the best “you” if you are do not know who you are and what you have. This book contains tips that you need on the journey of self-discovery. Having discovered yourself you need to tune in to your God-given purpose as it gives meaning to life. There are chapters dedicated to motivation and encouragement which is the fuel you need on your success journey.

It provides nuggets on how to be organized and effective. Not only does this book help you to plan but it also gives you an urge to implement what you plan. May you be inspired to go to another level of performance in order to achieve superior results. Excellence in execution is a differentiator between those who live successful lives and those who fail to maximize their existence. Having this book in your hands is critically important having read it, implement what you have read and seen your life change.

Our technology update focuses on exposing our top tech stories, we start off with the Virgin Money Insurance platform that cuts out call center agents from the sales process. Samsung innovates in the education space, Facebook’s market share plunges and the City of Atlanta is hacked! On Start-Up Corner, we profile Fruvas, which is a fresh produce delivery company that aims to be a grocery retail company.

Uber in the news for the wrong reasons again! We also go into the exciting partnership between Mastercard and VConnect that focuses in the FinTech space. Our Top 10 Feature today gives insight into the top security companies to trust with your digital information.

15 – 17 May 2018 hosted in Lagos, Nigeria Radisson Hotel

The time has come for African leaders and coaches to come together and accept that coaching belongs on the continent as one of the levers that can enhance leadership capability in all forms of organization existence.

For the African continent to prosper, it should have prosperous regions. For African regions to prosper, they have to have successful member countries, and these countries should not only have great leaders, they should have great coaches.

Leadership greatness begins with leadership coaching, in one form or another. In the African tradition, the healing profession and traditional authority are one such good examples of how coaching has made it possible to pass on, from one generation to another, the art and practice of same.

Coaching is one of the cornerstones of indigenous knowledge systems. Modern schools of thought on coaching, borrow a lot from how our ancestors have always passed on the practice of any of their