June 2023 Summaries

Checkr has appointed Robert Kaskel as its new Chief People Officer, leading the company's talent strategy to create an exceptional employee experience and advance its mission to build a fairer future. Robert brings over 23 years of HR experience, most recently serving as CPO for Remitly, where he helped grow and develop the People team to support rapid growth from 800 to 3,000 employees. He is expected to bring extensive knowledge in people analytics and total rewards to Checkr, a company co-founded by Daniel Yanisse, who described Robert as embodying the necessary qualities to lead the People team. Robert is excited about collaborating with world-class leaders to obsess over the employee experience and support Checkr's mission to create a fairer future of work.

Adjudication is a critical process in hiring that can be improved for fairness, efficiency, and compliance. To create a fair adjudication process, companies should review their policies, filter irrelevant information, check for disparate impact discrimination, educate their adjudicators, consider EEOC guidelines, give candidates a voice, and use technology to streamline the process. Adjudication best practices can boost the hiring process through efficiency, compliance, fairness, and budget savings, while tools like Checkr's Assess Standard product can help optimize manual adjudication with a consistent lens, reducing bias by up to 90%. By optimizing their adjudication process, companies can reduce delays, improve candidate experience, and minimize risk.

Background checks are becoming increasingly important for companies to remove bias from their hiring processes and build more representative workforces. An individualized assessment is a process used by employers to review criminal records on a background check, taking into account the specific conviction and circumstances surrounding it. This approach helps make informed hiring decisions while supporting fair chance hiring. The Green Factors test considers the nature and gravity of the offense, time elapsed since the offense, and the nature of the job being sought to determine if the candidate's past criminal history is correlated with their ability to perform the role. Employers are encouraged to develop a written policy for individualized assessment, assemble a panel of individuals, acknowledge potential biases, and provide opportunities for candidates to share context around their records. Checkr supports fair hiring practices through its Candidate Stories feature and Fair Chance Dashboard, which provides data analytics and resources to help employers measure their progress and create more inclusive workplaces.