Whether you are looking for a job yourself or for someone else, background checks are a part of the process. Most of the time it happens that applicant and the hiring managers don't feel comfortable with each other after couple of interviews but, background check is an important process.
They help employers confirm that a prospective employee has a history of either being trustworthy or not, would be reliable or not, hiring is one of the riskiest decision that a company does or makes.
Applicant don’t always tell the truth many of the applicant don’t tell all and don’t always speak the truth. Many survey have confirmed that a high percentage of employee applicant contain false statements.
There are many benefits like:-
· Recruit top talent.
· Reduce employee turnover cost.
· Restrict the claims of negligent hiring.
· Qualified talent.
· Safe guard the organisation reputation.
In a survey it was found that 58% found false claims in resumes they reviewed. Similarly, one third of the reviewers found resumes that falsely claim education credentials. These patterns can create risks to the employer.
Unfortunately, this type of negligent law suits are on a huge upswing. When you don’t conduct background check there is no way you can find out if a candidate has been arrested or has done some bad-deeds.
When you are blindly trusting people, you are hiring them without any background checks, there is no way to know that the experience and credentials they claim are correct not. This can directly affect your existing employees.
· Criminal check.
· Credit check.
· Driving Licence check.
· Education check.
· Judgments or tax liens.
· Past and present residence information.
· Past employment verification and work record.
· Social security number.