Employment Background Screening

Just think of it as a muscular bouncer standing at the gate of the crowded clubs in Vegas, on Saturday night. They’ll check you, verify your ticket, and then let you in. — not so very precise example but at least you’ve got the idea!

Employers do Background screening in different steps

Professional Skills or Morality? What is important for a business to thrive? This question keeps buzzing around every employer hiring someone for the betterment of their business. Skill development is good, but setting up your “Ethics” and “Morality” standards is necessary.

If we look around ourselves, there is no such thing as white or black, there is always a grey area. What is good and bad? it is about the perspective of an individual and depends on the variables building up that perspective. Having said that, there are still some acts that cannot be justified in any case and are declared “Globally Wrong” that’s the word I’ve just created but believe me, that’s the thing. There are certain lines which any person should not cross, and if you do it haunts long enough.

When an employer hires an employee, He/she initially looks at the skills of an individual, then talks to them, and then they’ll give you an offer letter if everything goes well. After he/she accepts the offer letter, then they’ll be given a “Pre-Employment” form which has a clause of “Do you have any criminal record?” The answer is in NO/YES and in every condition, it has to be verified because in the end skills can be taught, but ethics and moral standards are embedded into you.

A criminal background check may include the following record searches:

But remember I said grey area? People dwelling in that needed to be saved, and there are policies such as “Work Opportunity Tax Credit” and “Fair Hiring Policies” to protect the individuals with a criminal record, to give them a chance to rehabilitate themselves and contribute positively to society.

(These policies may differ in countries or states.)

Education creates the ability to think. Employers select individuals with a relatively good educational background because it may not show the skills you have, but somehow portrays the determination and consistency they have to achieve something in their lives. A background check on the applicant’s education reveals whether or not they have gone to the school they claimed to have attended. It also includes proof of degrees and attendance dates.

Reference checks also take place in it, verification of work dates and job titles, as well as dates of college enrollment and degree earned. Speaking with references to get insight into an applicant’s skills, credentials, and capabilities to accomplish the job is part of an in-depth reference check.

Don’t claim who you are not, you’re moving on the verge of being in an identity crisis. Companies do ID verification, which is an authentication method that compares a person’s claimed identity against data that verifies it. Birth certificates, social security cards, driver’s licenses, and other documents can all function as sources of this objective reality.

Please tell your correct address to the employer, no one would be banging on your door if you miss a deadline! -Address verification is the process of ensuring that the candidate’s address is correct. It guarantees that the nominee holds this particular citizenship. It also aids in the prevention of fraud, as well as increasing your trust in the employee.

Address Verification may include the following record searches:

· The address is correct or not?

· Address Photograph

· Duration of Stay

· Kind of Ownership

· Relationship With the verifier

Do you have a license to pursue this profession? It is the question asked most, because “License” is the third-party confirmation that this person knows what he does. A professional license check confirms an employee’s professional licensing claims. These professional licenses serve as confirmation of an employee’s association with a certain organization/Regulatory Authority.

Drug testing is done by employers to discover whether or not their employees are using illegal substances. It can detect recent alcohol, prescription medication, and illicit drug usage. However, Companies may test employees after an accident that may have been caused by drug use or an incident in which the employee looked to be impaired, according to the regulatory authorities.

“No, I’m sorry, but I don’t use….”- get used to that phrase.

Do you think it looks cool to post a picture with a gun in your hand walking down the street? Well, it’s not. Social media is written by ink, you cannot completely vanish things you’ve uploaded. Somewhere someone might have it.

Employers do Social Media checks of employees in order to build their personas, believe it or not, your social media profile tells a lot about you.

According to CareerBuilder research, 58 percent of companies undertake social screens to verify a candidate’s qualifications for the position. 50% want to see if the applicant has a professional online persona, and 34% want to know what other people are saying about him or her.

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