| Still waiting on your background Checks | | | | employment screening service it is decided |
| Background checks of an employee is a critical | | | | whether the candidate should be absorbed in the |
| aspect of the recruitment process. All companies | | | | company or not. However, there are certain |
| outsource the background checks of their | | | | parameters that are followed by employers |
| employees to external agencies. Now let us | | | | before they reject the employee. If it is found |
| understand why background checks are | | | | that the details given in the records are not |
| important. The primary reason why background | | | | matching entirely, then the candidate is not |
| checks are important is to check the past | | | | selected at all. However, if there are minor |
| employment records of the prospective | | | | discrepancies the company may consider the case |
| employee, education verification and to check | | | | and take a decision on whether to hire the |
| whether the employee has been involved in any | | | | employee or not. The job of an employment |
| unlawful activities. Social security number checks | | | | screening agency is critical as it can make or |
| are also done by the employers. Pre employment | | | | break the career of an employee. Therefore it is |
| screening has become one of the most important | | | | important for an employer to hire a agency which |
| aspect of the employment process without which | | | | can do the job professionally with correct results |
| companies do not generally give the offer letter | | | | and within the shortest possible timeframe |
| to the employees. The HR team insists that a | | | | possible. |
| candidate with a clean background is an asset to | | | | Even a decade ago employment verification |
| the company because most jobs involve critical | | | | checks were not considered so seriously by |
| information which the company cannot afford to | | | | employers except the larger multinationals. |
| lose to competition. Let us see how this process | | | | However, in recent times even smaller companies |
| is executed by professional screening firms which | | | | ensure that the employee records are verified |
| check the records of an employee. | | | | before the employee joins the organization. As a |
| Generally a company may ask the screening firm | | | | result employment screening services have come |
| to execute a fixed set of tasks. These may | | | | into much demand. Let me give you a brief idea |
| include social securitynumber trace, employment | | | | of how this job is executed. The screening |
| history background check, criminal background and | | | | agency has agents who either call up the |
| general employment background screening. It may | | | | respective educational institutes or if required they |
| include other tasks also such as Federal records | | | | visit the place physically to check the records |
| check, I9 compliance and driver history. The | | | | provided. They also check the police records, |
| professional screening agency gets down to these | | | | license records and SSN details of employee that |
| tasks immediately and gives a response within the | | | | is screened. Drug records are also verified by the |
| agreed timeframe. Time is critical in this business | | | | screening company. The company that hires a |
| because if the employer is taking more time in | | | | professional screening agency saves on time and |
| completing the verification checks the employee | | | | money. The average turnaround time for a |
| may join some other company. Based upon the | | | | verification agency is less and areport is generally |
| feedback that the company gets from the | | | | submitted within 24-48 hours. |