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Why Is There A Need For Pre Employment Screening
No job today can survive if it is ridden with workplace violence, theft, false
resumes, embezzlement, harassment or falsified injury claims. Who commits all
of these offences? Workers of course. So it would be a good idea for managers
to ensure that people who are employed in the organization will not engage in
any detrimental acts upon appointment.
The goal of pre employment screening is to weed out the bad guys before they
are absorbed into the company only to wreak havoc. Additionally, it protects
employers against claims of negligent hiring, confirms or disproves claims by
a candidate, elicits voluntary confessions which may have cost the company some
Dollars and lastly it eliminates candidates who know they have a blemished past.
Many companies begin the pre employment screening at the moment of interviewing.
Others begin their pre screening through adverts. In the ad, they alert candidates
that there will be background check on all applicants. This method lessens the
burden off the managers as it weeds out questionable characters.
It is a great error on the part of mangers to start their pre employment screening
after employing the candidate. In this case if the employee demonstrates some
unacceptable character, the processes needed to stamp him out or dispense with
his service becomes expensive, difficult and elaborate. It is therefore a standard
that as soon as the company receives applications, then the pre employment screening
starts.
Checking the background of a candidate has legal implications. it is therefore
prudent that you obtain approval from the candidate in writing. In the consent,
the candidate will agree that you intend to investigate his background in connection
with his application and that any adverse findings can affect his chances of
appointment.
Pre employment screening can be a real hard task due to its investigative nature.
Every attempt is now being made to lessen expense, time and effort by outsourcing
to third part agencies.
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