For the past four years, Employment Screening Resources (ESR) has compiled a list of emerging and influential trends in employment background screening for the year ahead. For the Fourth Annual ‘Top Ten Trends in Background Screening’ for 2011, ESR chose the following ten background screening trends to track during the coming year. Trend #1: Controversy over Whether Employers Using Credit Reports for Employment Screening Is Discriminatory Increases. Click on link below to read more.