Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Information about running a background check

By Roger Gordon


It's sad , but it's true - many applicants lie on their application forms. Perhaps they never mean to, perhaps it was just an oversight. Other times, it could in fact be that they did not think the information they 'forgot' to disclose had such a bearing on their winning the job. The only way you can know for sure is to carry out a background check that follows their histories and strengthens or weakens their assertions.

No one wants to be saddled with a person who cannot be accounted for, or whose records cannot be verified. The type of background check that is majorly used to check the educational qualification of a potential employee is called education records. This is used to ascertain if potential employees actually have the qualification they claim to have. In this investigation SAT scores are requested by the employers. Background checks help to reduce employee theft and dishonesty. This was proven extensively by the results of surveys carried out in the United Kingdom over recent years.

Blind or wild choices are always dangerous and ill advised. To take on a new person in the company, someone should carry out a check on whatever information the person has provided concerning themselves. Organizations that carry out background checks on individuals are mostly schools, hospitals, banks, airports, and law enforcement. The reason for this is simply that the kinds of business done in these establishments are highly sensitive.

You never know what you'll find when you conduct a background check. Some of the most innocent looking people may be serial killers on the run; and others that you are sure to be fraudsters might actually have been the college president. It just goes to say you can't judge a book by its cover - you have to go the extra length of having them checked out.|You can hardly get a job these days without some background checking on you. Provisions are made for it in the law and corporations are concerned enough about the spate of their businesses to take it serious. As such, right after your test and interviews have been conducted, you should be aware that someone will be looking into your past to verify your claims.

If the information provided in the course of the interview does not correspond with what is has been documented before, the candidate stands the chance of not getting the job. A Security check is a form of background check that is commonly used by employers. They use this form of check to investigate into the personal details of applicants. It is as popular as a medical check.

To run background check on an applicant, an employer is expected to have certain basic information on the applicant. The information can be gotten by asking the applicant to fill an application form. This form is further sent to the investigative agency for background check. If the information provided does not tally with what is provided in the form, no employment will be offered.

A nanny background check is as important as other forms of background check and the essence is that before children are entrusted into a nanny's hands, details of that person should be known in case of criminal history. Some nannies have criminal history that make them unfit for such a job.

Most ex-convicts try to conceal their criminal pasts when job hunting. They realize that few employers will hire someone that has ever committed a crime, even one as basic as a misdemeanor. Unfortunately, merely altering their CVs is not enough. They would have to actually go back and erase records if they really desire to not be caught. Incidentally these days, background checks unbury these details and then the ex-convict is left high and dry.

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