Employee verification: An essential ingredient to business success

pre-employment screening, employee verification primarily refers to verifying the experience a job candidate claims to have – both their education and their prior employment. So what exactly are these? Education Verification Considering that many employers rate experience and the interview performance over and above actual education history, the primary reason for verifying education in a background check is to be sure of an applicants’ honesty. With a very high number of individuals making false claims in regards to their education, employers ought to check to confirm which applicants are being truthful. In this process, a pre-employment screening service will contact educational institutions and relevant agencies to ensure all applicant claims are true. Employment Verification Candidates will make plenty of claims during the hiring process, and it’s the responsibility of an employer to make sure that these claims are true. While most may slightly embellish their previous employment successes, and that may even be expected, no one wants to hire an individual that’s dishonest. In the same way as education verification, the process here will be a service contacting previous employers to check on dates of employment, and then potentially job role and responsibilities (depending on company policy). How to get started As part of a wider employment screening process, you’ll likely also want to run other checks, such as criminal record checks and – depending on the role and a state’s laws – potentially credit checks. So first, decide which types of background checks you would like to perform. A pre-employment screening service can talk you through the full set of options and work out what would suit you. Following that all that’s left to do is get started, having a screening service perform the checks and integrating this employee verification into your wider hiring strategy. For more information on employee verification, questions on your next steps and how we might be able to help, get in touch today.  ]]>