Employee Background Checks And Their Worth

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Employee Background Checks And Their Worth
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• If youre the owner of a large business with more
  than a hundred employees, you may be tempted to
  skip the background check procedures in favour of
  saving money, but could this decision end up
  costing you more money than you saved?
• What can you expect from a standard background
  check?
• While the following points are what are usually
  included in a basic employee background check,
  its worth noting that many more employers
  nowadays are choosing to check a potential
  candidates presence on social media, too

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• Criminal background check
• Does the candidate have a criminal record or any
  outstanding criminal proceedings outstanding
  against them?
• Past employment confirmation
• Does the information given by the candidate on
  their resume, match their actual employment
  history?
• Identity confirmation
• As simple as confirming that the candidate is
  really who they are telling you they are.

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• Education confirmation
• Whether the candidate really graduated from the
  university that they stated on their resume, or
  whether they graduated at all?
• Illegal drug use
• Is the candidate capable of passing a drug test?
• What are some of the risks associated with not
  conducting employee background checks?

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• In recent research and surveys conducted by human
  resource companies, the findings showed that most
  human resource professionals use background
  checks as part of their hiring process, and one
  of the top reasons for them doing so, was public
  safety. The more that you can know about each
  employee, the safer your business will be, and
  the safer the public will be, too, since the two
  often go hand in hand.
• Employee theft or fraud is another huge concern
  for businesses, and since the cost of these can
  run into the tens of thousands depending on its
  severity, its hard to imagine why some business
  owners wouldnt want to lessen the risk of this
  happening by running employment checks.

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• How much does a background check cost?
• The cost of employment background checks can vary
  greatly, depending upon how much you want to
  screen them for. Conducting a straightforward
  Social Security number trace may cost you as
  little as 3, but if youre wanting to run a
  nationwide criminal record check, then that cost
  you upwards of 70 for each employee.
• While these numbers may be alarming when you
  calculate them for your entire workforce, they
  are nowhere near as alarming as discovering that
  an employee youve recently taken on is not who
  they say are, and that they may pose an immediate
  threat to your business and public safety, the
  ramifications of which may be costly and damaging
  beyond repair.

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• How far can you go with a background check?
• Going further than a basic criminal record search
  and demographic information may be more
  expensive, but it gives you the distinct
  advantage of being able to discover any
  bankruptcies, foreclosures or eviction records
  that may be lurking in the past of your potential
  candidate.
• In a recent estimate from the U.S. Department of
  Labor, the costs arising from having made a bad
  hiring decision, can hit a whopping 30 of the
  earnings from the first year, and when you look
  at it in this light, it seems like a no brainer
  to invest a little in preventing bad hiring
  decisions, and huge money losses further down the
  line.

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