Understanding Pre-employment Screening

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Understanding Pre-employment Screening
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• Pre-employment screening is simply a procedure
  conducted for verification of the information
  provided by candidates upon application.

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• It is also a method used for investigating the
  backgrounds of candidates, for example, the
  exactness and accuracy of the hopeful's claims
  and criminal or penalty records.

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Here are some of the documents that are verified
in a pre-employment screening

• involvement in scrupulous activities
• unspent criminal convictions relevant to the role
• false identity or unsubstantiated claims in the
  application form
• unexplained gaps in employment history,
  disadvantageous references
• hidden or undocumented information related to the
  position being offered.

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• As an employer, it is of great importance that
  you know by heart pre-employment screening. Be
  guided with certain laws which you will have to
  understand before conducting pre-employment
  screenings.

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• Employee Polygraph Protection Act, a law which
  forbids most privately owned businesses from
  utilizing lie detector tests.
• Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), managing the
  investigation of employers of applicants' credit
  history
• Family Right to Privacy Act, a law which appeals
  for the consent of candidates so that employers
  may be granted access to information regarding
  their school records.

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