What is Background Screening?

Background screening or the process of performing a background check, consists of researching and consolidating a variety of employment, educational, criminal, financial, and other records about an individual or organization for the purpose of evaluating that individual for employment purposes.

What information do we need to run a pre-employment background check?

In addition to obtaining written consent to conduct a pre-employment background check, you will first collect the applicant’s first, middle and last name, as well as their correct date of birth (DOB), government ID or social security number, and residential addresses from the past 7 years

Why conduct Employment Screening?

• • Protect your business and employees from engaging with unsuitable candidates by verifying your candidate’s history prior to employment. This minimises the financial and people risk associated with new employees.
• • Hiring and recruitment is one of the most time-consuming and costly investments a company can make. Protect this investment by conducting background checks to make the best decision possible with all the information available to you. This investment in the short-term can make a huge difference in the long-term outcome, particularly when hiring senior officials and management-level executives.
• • With increasing reports of discrepancies in applications made by candidates, don’t just rely on a candidate’s representation via their CV and their self-provided references. Make sure you are getting the full picture by conducting a thorough employment check to obtain the correct information about a candidate. This simply ensures that you are choosing candidates that can get the job done.
• • There have been many recent cases in which reputable companies and organisations have been misled by senior officials’ statements about their qualifications – universities, multinational companies, and other organisations have all been caught up in scandals involving misrepresentation by their employees. Make sure you protect your company’s reputation from this potential negative publicity by conducting background checks on employees prior to hiring.
• • An employer may also have the potential to be held legally liable for an employee’s actions on behalf of the company. This is further incentive to ensure that you have made the correct hiring decision from the outset to minimise risk in the long-term.
• • Meet your compliance requirements by ensuring you conduct the necessary employment checks on candidates