A staggering 22 million Americans in the country’s labour workforce lost their jobs between January and April 2020 due to covid closures, pushing the unemployment rate up to almost 15% – the highest rate ever recorded in the 72 years since data collection began in 1948 – and a year on, the rate hasn’t changed

Increasing demand for pre-employment screening as HR departments actively engage in recruiting new hires. The New Year brought massive change to most people’s lives and jobs. As fear gripped entire nations facing the threat of a worldwide pandemic in the first few months of 2020. Now more than six months later, many businesses are only