Pre Employment Background Checks

Employment Screening Services

Pre employment background checks are on the rise among employers for several reasons. In the past, employers relied on their intuition to guide them when it came to hiring decisions. However, the number of negligent hiring lawsuits that are filed has increased, and the threat of being liable for an irresponsible or dangerous employee's actions has instilled a heavy dose of caution in employers. Recent events such as those on September 11, 2001, have also prompted more employers to verify the identities of prospective employees.

Greater media scrutiny is another reason that employers are using preemployment screening to ferret out those applicants who have the potential to cause trouble. Today's influx of news coverage that puts a lot of focus on corporate scandals, child abuse cases, and school violations has made employers duly cautious. In addition to these causes, employee background checks have caught on with employers because they can be conveniently performed online in minutes. The easy access to information has removed many of the traditional obstacles to gathering information about criminal history, bad credit, evictions, etc.

Background screening for information like a criminal past and DMV records (if applicable to the position) just makes good sense. As an employer, you know that resumes are all too easily falsified with creative editing. In fact, it's been estimated that up to 40% of all applications/resumes contain some level of falsity. Pre-employment background checks can clear up a lot of those inaccuracies, as well as potentially reveal new ones.

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Certain jobs, such as healthcare, government, and school-related jobs, require employers to use employment screening services. An employment screening service is used by most all high schools, middle schools, and elementary schools, regardless of whether they are public or private. Depending on the institution, driving records, credit history, criminal records, social security number, education records, financial records, military records, and more may be accessed. Although this type of employment screening background check may seem invasive, it is designed to protect children that the employee will have contact with at the school.

Of course parents will want their children's schools to be a safe environment. If you are on the hiring committee of the school board, or if you are the principal, then you need to make sure that students are safe while at school. You do not want to risk facing a liability lawsuit. That's why you conduct pre-employment background checks on everyone who works in the school, including teachers, cooks, janitors, administrative personnel, etc.

A fast, easy, efficient way to verify school employees is to use online background check services such as those provided by QuickBackgroundChecks.com. For more than 25 years, we've provided cost-effective background check options to schools and other employers that are required to pre-screen employees. Contact us at 800-252-8297 or info@instantbackgroundchecks.us to find out more.