Individualized Assessments Archives - Poe Knows https://poeknows.com/category/individualized-assessments/ Providing a clearer picture of your candidates Tue, 05 Dec 2023 20:31:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://poeknows.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/cropped-3.6.15-32x32.png Individualized Assessments Archives - Poe Knows https://poeknows.com/category/individualized-assessments/ 32 32 I Believe that I DESERVE! https://poeknows.com/i-believe-that-i-deserve/ Mon, 20 Nov 2023 18:19:37 +0000 https://poeknows.com/?p=1606 I Believe that I DESERVE!…. I Believe that I QUALIFY!…. People can change. People do change. I had a rough start, that’s true. I messed up. I have owned up. I have paid for my errors, and…….I have changed. Please see me…… Please hear me…….. The record shows who I was. Please let me tell you about the journey I have traveled since then. I have grown into a good, mature, decent, and stable person... [Read More]

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]]> An Individualized Assessment (IA) Can Help https://poeknows.com/an-individualized-assessment-ia-can-help-2/ Fri, 23 Feb 2018 21:06:49 +0000 http://poeknows.com/?p=763 The EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) Enforcement Guidance states that an Individualized Assessment generally means that an employer informs the individual that he may be excluded because of past criminal conduct; provides an opportunity to the individual to demonstrate that the exclusion does not properly apply to him; and considers whether the individual’s additional information shows that the policy as applied is not job related and consistent with business necessity.   Individualized Assessments (IA’s) may contain: The facts... [Read More]

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]]> An Individualized Assessment (IA) Can Help https://poeknows.com/an-individualized-assessment-ia-can-help/ Fri, 17 Feb 2017 21:54:13 +0000 http://poeknows.com/?p=570 An Individualized Assessment (IA) can help! Individuals, Employers and Landlords It Can Help!! POEknows can Help! Individuals As many as 100 million U.S. adults have a criminal record of some sort! Are you the running into a brick wall, trying to secure employment or a residence? Do you qualify? Do you deserve? Are you ready? Let us help. Let POEknows assist you in preparing an in-depth Individualized Assessment, a critical dialogue about where you were,... [Read More]

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]]> Resident Individualized Assessments & Adverse Action Notifications https://poeknows.com/resident-individualized-assessments-adverse-action-notifications/ Thu, 11 Aug 2016 18:56:47 +0000 http://poeknows.com/?p=494 In view of the April 4, 2016 HUD Guidelines to Providers of Housing, POE believes it is necessary to utilize additional versions of the Adverse Action Notifications that property owners and property managers are required to send, when the owners/managers intend to decline an application placed by a prospective resident. The existing required prospective resident Adverse Action Notifications do not mention the reason for decline, do not mention anything about a criminal record, and they... [Read More]

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]]> Employment Adverse Action Notifications – Change in Conditions of Employment https://poeknows.com/employment-adverse-action-notifications-change-in-conditions-of-employment/ Thu, 11 Aug 2016 18:48:49 +0000 http://poeknows.com/?p=491 Adverse Action Notifications on prospective resident applications are required to be provided by the property manager/owner when it intends to decline an applicant, AND when the property manager/owner intends to approve an applicant, with an increased security deposit and/or a guarantor. One would think it is a much simpler choice when employers review prospective employee applications. Wouldn’t one? One would think Adverse Action Notifications on prospective employees are required to be provided by the employer... [Read More]

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]]> Prospective Resident Individualized Assessment https://poeknows.com/prospective-resident-individualized-assessment/ Sun, 03 Jul 2016 18:21:23 +0000 http://poeknows.com/?p=483 Property Owners/Managers are in the business of leasing quality rental housing to quality prospective residents. All applications are processed with the goal of extending an offer to lease, to qualified applicants. Unfortunately, not all applications can be approved. HUD’s April 2016 Guidance to Housing Providers strongly states that no prospective resident may be automatically denied, due to the existence of a criminal record. HUD urges all Housing Providers to create and apply your written Resident... [Read More]

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]]> I DESERVE . . . I QUALIFY https://poeknows.com/i-deserve-i-qualify/ Sat, 30 Jan 2016 00:59:38 +0000 http://poeknows.com/?p=426 ATTENTION EMPLOYERS: IF YOU INTEND TO DECLINE AN APPLICANT, DUE TO A CRIMINAL RECORD….CONSIDER THE INDIVIDUALIZED ASSESSMENT.  CONDUCT IT IN-HOUSE OR ALLOW POEKNOWS TO CONDUCT THIS QUICK, IN-DEPTH, INEXPENSIVE IA I DESERVE! …………… I QUALIFY! People can change. People do change. I had a rough start, that’s true. I messed up. I have owned up. I have paid for my errors and I have changed. I have grown into a good, mature, decent and stable person who deserves another look, a... [Read More]

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]]> 2nd Chance Program – Individualized Assessments https://poeknows.com/2nd-chance-program-individualized-assessments/ Tue, 28 Jul 2015 21:42:49 +0000 http://poeknows.com/?p=388 POE wants to thank Sarah Callander and Mary-Denise Davis of the Office of the Public Defender, for allowing us to attend the 5th Annual Back to the Neighborhood: How to Succeed with a Criminal Record, an event sponsored by the Office of Public Defender and the Justice Policy Institute. Attendees of this July 23, 2015 event took part in community dialogues, learned about current practices and were offered legal assistance. POE sat in on a... [Read More]

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]]> Employers: Important Details on Background Screening https://poeknows.com/employers-important-details-on-background-screening/ Tue, 09 Jun 2015 23:12:49 +0000 http://poeknows.com/?p=373 According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, about 92 million Americans have a criminal history on file. In the event that employers come across an applicant with a criminal record, it is imperative that these employers are aware of their obligations under the Fair Credit Reporting Act and an ever increasing wave of federal, state and local laws. Experts advise employers to stay current with the state and federal regulations that govern the use of... [Read More]

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]]> Credibility Interview https://poeknows.com/credibility-interview-2/ Tue, 25 Nov 2014 19:14:30 +0000 http://poeknows.com/?p=315 As Edward Snowden prepared to defend himself in a worldwide webinar, the Justice Department accused the private contractor that vetted him and thousands of other intelligence workers of bilking U.S. taxpayers out of tens of millions of dollars by conducting 665,000 fake background checks between 2008 and 2012, with a scheme known as “dumping” or “flushing” in order to boost the firm’s profits. No dumping at POE, no Flushing at POE. By contrast, to the... [Read More]

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