How to effectively reduce human capital risk
Human capital risk is often rewarded a mere cursory glance. That is, until something bad happens. As a business owner or representative of your company’s HR team, there is a duty of care to be observed, and it begins with the interview process. Optimism bias is an interesting concept. It refers to the belief that
- Published in Background Screening & Verification, Risk management
How to apply for a Police Clearance Certificate in South Africa
Applying for a visa? Moving abroad? The South African Police Service (SAPS) recently changed the police clearance certificate application process. Here’s what you should know…
- Published in Background Screening & Verification, Risk management
[Case Study] A Careful Ear
A while back we got called in by a prominent gold mine in the Gauteng area. Their records indicated that some of their diesel stock went missing on a regular basis. But a loss of diesel wasn’t their only concern as it turned out – thanks to a careful ear.
- Published in Diagnostic polygraph testing, Polygraph testing, Risk management, SA Crime
CSI Safeguard – Affordable Enterprise Pre-Employment Screening for Any Business
For years enterprise-sized companies have had a variety of tools at their disposal to minimise the potential risk posed by new recruits. With the introduction of CSI Safeguard, these tools are now also available to small businesses, like yours.
A quick rundown of the Employee Risk Conference
The Employee Risk Conference was held at the Focus Rooms in Sunninghill, Johannesburg, earlier this month. It’s the kind of event that can really help small business owners as well as key HR personnel in bigger businesses hire safer and more efficiently. Of course, not everyone could be there, which is why we’re sharing a
Will we see you at the 2016 Employee Risk Conference?
On Thursday the 9th of June CSI Africa will be exhibiting at the iFacts 2016 Employee Risk Conference. CSI Africa founder and CEO Amelia Griesel will be present to answer all your polygraph-related questions, and provide strategic guidance for the implementation of cost-efficient employee risk-management strategies. Polygraph matters in a struggling economy The rising cost
How polygraph machines work
Back in the day polygraph machines resembled those devices we often see in movies: wires of which the one end was connected to the examinee (the person taking the test) and the other to a box. This box had a single sheet of scrolling paper, on which various needles were scribbling what seems to the
- Published in Polygraph testing, Risk management