Should You Be Carrying Out Employee Background Checks?

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Should You Be Carrying Out Employee Background
Checks?
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• While it might seem obvious that a company should
  carry out background checks before they take on
  any new workers, youd be surprised to learn how
  few do. One common reason cited for not doing so
  stems from the cost using the services of a
  pre-employment background check company naturally
  increases the overall cost of hiring, but this is
  not a valid excuse. The benefits of carrying out
  official background checks have been proven to
  outweigh the initial expenditure, and companies
  who have done so go on to reap the rewards of
  having a trustworthy network of employees who
  have no hidden surprises up their sleeves. Not to
  mention the fact that if your company becomes
  known as one that doesnt carry out such checks,
  your staff will quickly be comprised of those
  with poor criminal and employment records.

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• Should you be carrying out employee background
  checks?
• When you take into consideration that recent
  studies have shown up to 51 of resumes contain
  misinformation about educational and employment
  achievements, not to mention a failure to
  disclose criminal convictions, it seems obvious
  that a background check would be beneficial.
• Whittling down the time wasters
• Not only would a pre-employment background check
  find most discrepancies in prospective employees
  resumes, but in knowing that your company
  conducts them for all interviewees, applicants
  would be far less likely to give false or
  inaccurate information in the first place.

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• Attracting people who are right for the position
  being advertised, is made much easier when you
  are clear about your employment policies, and
  when you show that lying or embellishing
  information is not welcomed.
• Liability for negligent hiring
• Whether you had no clue about an employees
  previous history, is irrelevant if a court of law
  decides that you should have known. If one of
  your employees injures another while at work or
  causes harm to a customer or member of the
  public, irrespective of whether the incident was
  during working hours or not, as the employer, you
  can be held liable.

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• Having full access to an applicants criminal and
  work history before you employ them, can help you
  to avoid such potentially costly incidents from
  occurring and spoiling the reputation of your
  company.
• Worth every cent
• With a pre-employment background check costing on
  average, less than a full days pay, there are
  few good reasons not to use the services of a
  company to perform those checks on every
  applicant that you would consider for a role
  within your company.

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• To help protect your company, existing employees
  and of course, your clients, you should be having
  pre-employment background checks carried out for
  all future employees, even if their resumes look
  squeaky clean.
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