How to Conduct Employment Background Screening?

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Tips on How to Carry Out Employment Background
Screening
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• Do you know more than 95 of employers want their
  workers and employees to go through Employment
  Background Screening before they are hired?
• The question is why exactly this information and
  test is needed?
• Well, there can be multiple reasons. Before we
  discuss how this test is conducted, lets have a
  quick look at the meaning of background test in
  brief.

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What is Background Check and Why Employers
Conduct it?

• Conducted by employers, background check helps a
  company to get a proper insight into the
  financial, criminal, and commercial records of
  the employee.
• Employers hire outsiders to get the background
  check done on their employees.
• According to the research, more than 40 of the
  resumes a company receives are filled with false
  information.

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• In order to get the job, people are ready to go
  the extra mile. They dont think twice before
  designing a fake resume, which doesnt match with
  their records.
• To confirm that the applicant has actually
  studied in the university or has worked in the
  company that is mentioned in their resume,
  employers run a background check.
• Employment background screening can save your
  company from liability by ensuring that you only
  hire a deserving and professional candidate.

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How to Conduct Employment Background Screening?

• Usually, employees prefer to get background
  screening done by outsiders. It is mainly because
  they don't have sufficient time to run a
  background check on their own.
• Here are some important tips you must take into
  consideration before running a background check
  on your employees.
• Get the criminal history records of each
  applicant. It may involve the identification and
  national records as well.

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• Check the social security number of the
  applicant. Make sure that the address, date of
  birth, and other social security information they
  have provided is accurate.
• Verify the education and corporate information of
  the candidate. Confirm that they had studied and
  worked in the same college and company as they
  listed in their resume.
• Other background checks including address history
  check, sex offender registry check, terror watch
  list, and so on.

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Running an Employment Background Screening

• As mentioned before, it is imperative for all
  organizations to conduct employment screening to
  determine the potential of an employee.
• This process is especially conducted to determine
  the potential and past records of the individual
  the HR department is planning to hire. Of course,
  you cannot let anyone in your company.
• Before you hire an employee, it is important to
  check their history and the companies they have
  worked in.

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