For most, the subject of identity verification isn’t something that comes up in daily conversations. Unless you are directly involved in identity access and management in your work, research, or both, identity verification may not even be on your radar. However, as we continually read and hear of the rising number of high-profile data breaches suffered by major companies and organizations, perhaps the time has come to make identity verification part of our everyday conversation.

In order to protect the company from various potential risks, background check is considered an imperative pre-employment screening step before making the hiring decision. Most of the time it is assumed that candidates are telling the truth on their resumes. Most of the time applicants are honest, but there are few areas where they can hide the truth from you. To ensure that your company is hiring the right person, a background check needs to take place.

                                                                                  What is background verification? 

It is a comprehensive and in depth review of a person or any other organization’s commercial records, financial records and most important of all criminal record. A background check may include education, employment, credit history license record etc.

                                                                        Why your company needs to go for background check services?

Here are some obvious reasons why your company needs to acquire background check services to ensure sound hiring

                                                                                                                    It highlights criminal history

One of the main reasons why company go for background verification is to check for any criminal record that may exists against the applicant in the past it helps to ensure that the person is suitable for hiring or not. Sometimes a criminal history represents minor changes on the applicant.

                                                                                                                                It avoids liability

A person can become a big liability when you hire a person without background verification for instance a school bus driver may drive under influence & is caught by police. It is a big harm for the reputation of the firm, and then after police found that he is caught 3 times before for driving under Influence chances are that you’ll be considered liable for your negligence.

                                                                                                                            It ensures work safety.

There are chances that you might conduct interviews of applicants that are dangerous. From sex offenders to violent criminals, you just cannot risk hiring them. What happens if you don’t run a background check and hire people without these checks, it will not only compromise the work safety but also creates stress among the people in the organization that they are in danger.

                                                                                                   It ensures that you have made a right decision

In the end, all it comes down to peace of mind. It is obvious that you want to get the best candidate for your company. If you want to hire the right candidate background verification is important process. We all know that hiring is a very lengthy process with a lot of stress but at the end it is worth the efforts done.