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America Back to Work: Patrick Rogan, IgnitionHR
Identifying HR Risks and Solutions
Join Arnette Heintze as he dives into an insightful conversation with Patrick Rogan, founder of IgnitionHR, on this week’s episode of America Back to Work.
With more than two decades of experience in HR management and recruiting, Patrick shares his journey into the HR field, the critical role of HR risk audits, and evolving trends in employment screening and company culture.
Key Topics Discussed
- The Importance of HR Risk Audits:
- Common triggers and indicators necessitating HR risk audits.
- Key areas of focus during an audit: transactional HR operations, talent management, HR governance, and strategy.
- Triggers for HR Audit Engagement:
- Situations that lead organizations to seek external HR expertise.
- The importance of senior-level awareness and urgency in initiating HR audits.
- Evolving Employment Screening Trends:
- The effect of remote and hybrid work environments on employment screening.
- Annual screening practices and statutory requirements for certain industries.
- Establishing an HR Function in Growing Businesses:
- The right time for small business owners to seek HR support.
- Options for managing HR functions, including PEOs and fractional HR solutions.
- Effective HR Structures:
- Optimal HR staff-to-employee ratios.
- Challenges with hiring junior HR staff without proper guidance.
- Promotion from within is a viable strategy for building strong HR teams.
- Current HR Trends and Risks:
- The quiet quitting and quiet hiring concepts.
- The importance of fostering employee engagement and a sense of belonging.
- Regulatory changes and the labor market’s impact on HR practices.
- Looking Ahead: HR Risks:
- Anticipated churn in the labor market.
- Regulatory shifts in classifying consultants and employees.
- The necessity of maintaining focus on employee well-being.
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S2Verify is one of the leading, privately held, pre-employment background screening companies in the United States.
Arnette Heintze is co-founder and chief strategy officer at S2Verify. Before establishing S2Verify, Arnette spent more than three decades working at the highest levels of federal, state, and local law enforcement.
He served more than 20 years in the United States Secret Service as a special agent and senior executive,—oØ where he planned, designed, and implemented security strategies to protect U.S. Presidents, world leaders, events of national significance, and our nation’s most sensitive assets, including financial infrastructure.
After retiring from the Secret Service, Arnette focused on building the growth and performance of innovative start-ups and SMBs. In 2004, he established Hillard Heintze, a globally recognized strategic security risk management and investigations firm.
In 2009, along with Bill Whitford and Jim Zimbardi, Arnette established S2 Verify with an approach and methodology that delivers fast, accurate, compliant, and affordable background screening insights crucial to better managing insider risks, threats, and vulnerabilities.