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THE IMPORTANCE OF CONDUCTING BACKGROUND CHECKS ON EMPLOYEES

According to the Cedalius Group, the Wallstreet Journal said that 34% of application forms contain false claims or lies about the applicants’ skills and background. Colleges and universities’ registrar reports also prove that at least 60% of the verifications they receive have false details.

These are just two good reasons why it’s necessary to conduct a background check on applicants. It’s not only to avoid hiring people with lies on their resumes, but it’s also to protect a business or a company from risks and liabilities.

Indeed, a rightful applicant should be honest about what’s on their resumes but it’s also important to cross-check what they’ve discussed with the HR or recruitment personnel.

It’s one thing to sometimes be confused about a timetable that the interviewee discussed but it’s such a big red flag if his or her answers are far from what reality is.

What is a Background Check?

A background check is a comprehensive or thorough review of a person’s or even an organization’s history. This could be done by the employers or the employers can also just hire a third-party company to do this.

Background check providers do not necessarily do thorough checks that are publicly available. It’s typical for this company to sell subscriptions instead of taking orders. This means that an employer will have to subscribe to a company’s service and should pay monthly or annually.

What does a Background Check Include?

A background check usually includes employment and education background check, criminal records review, credit history, motor vehicle, and license record checks. However, this will really depend on what the employer’s criteria are.

Some private companies that do background checking like Been Verified offer different types of searches that an employer can ask for. Included in their searches are the overview or the basic information employers need about a person, criminal and civil check, bankruptcies, social media and website checks, and the premium data which includes information about the languages spoken, place of birth, and liens of the applicants.

What are the Reasons Why Employers Require Background Checking?

While the statistics that the Wall Street Journal and different colleges and universities gave about falsified information on resumes, each company or employer has other reasons why they find this important. Here are a few of them:

• Avoiding liabilities

Any accidents or anomalies performed by a person with a criminal record or history of doing such acts would make an employer liable. This is mainly because a background check should have been done and it is just due diligence.

Employees represent the companies and employers they are working with. Even if the company has no fault about a complaint, this will still reflect the company’s ability to select their employees.

• Checks for qualification

Surely, the HR or recruitment personnel would only want to hire the most qualified applicant for a position or job post. The last thing that they want to happen is to send a person who is really not qualified for anything to work.

Qualifications are set for a reason and even if companies are willing to train the people they hired, it’s just really a waste of time to invest on people who can’t display the basic skills that they need in the first place.

• Relevant information that could affect a person’s work

Since background checks include checking of criminal records and credit history, a bad record from these could be very significant on the line of work that a person will be in. Of course, banks or financial companies would avoid hiring people with bad credit history. While a person with a DUI will most likely not be hired as a driver.

• Confirmation of true and false information

Interviews are easy to ace. Interviewees could easily portray the role of a perfect applicant and even if the interviewer is good at throwing his or her questions, liars can still pass the interview. The outcome of a thorough background check can be used to cross-check what the interviewees have on their resumes and have disclosed during the interview.

• Promotes a safe work environment

A business and a company should both be concerned about their employees and customers. Hiring without conducting a background check can be very dangerous, especially is a person has a bad criminal record or history about violence or theft.

History of drug abuse and violence is vital to ensure the safety of both employees and customers. American Council on Drug Education has said that more than 70% of substance abusers are actually employed. If this is the case, it’s easy to assume high liability and bad service from companies with substance abusers.

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