Five steps to performing a background check

employment checks on both current, and prospective, employees. But understandably, when you realize what a challenge they can be, it’s easy to skip them. To make things easier for you, here’s our five step process to performing a background check: 1) Get professional help The first way you can make the background screening process a lot easier is to hire a pre-employment screening company. An employment screening service will provide you with reliable results, ensuring that you know any information regarding applicants or employees that could put you at risk. By providing you with such knowledge, you are in a better position to make any hiring decisions. 2) Choose your checks There are various different types of background check that can be performed by an pre-employment screening service as part of a staff testing program, and it will depend on the job role you are performing the check for. Go through the different types of checks you can perform with an employment screening service and come to a decision on which checks would be best for you. 3) Run the checks Allow the screening service to put your plans into practice, and run the background checks. It’s not always easy information to obtain, so be sure to find out what the time-line is for receiving the results. 4) Results This is where you will find out whether any dubious information was obtained about any job candidates or employees. It is now up to you to make a hiring decision based on this information – what was the information that was revealed? How much of a risk might this candidate/employee pose to your business? Is it worth having them as a part of your team? 5) Repeat Here’s the important part. Running a background check just once is good, but not quite enough. If you run a background check on an individual prior to hiring them, and then they work for you for 20 years – is that one check enough? Probably not. It is definitely worth running checks regularly on all employees, just to be safe. So what’s next? Start those background checks! For more information on how Mind Your Business, Inc. can help you protect your business, or if you have questions on any of the points made above, get in touch with us today. We’ll be happy to help!]]>