In order to avoid the "instant" background check scam, please consider the following carefully:• Instant background check solutions are mere database searches. These database searches are not smart or intuitive, they do not recognize misspelled names, dates or numbers. If you are lucky, the database search you are paying for may have 65% of the relevant data pertaining to any applicant if you have his or her accurate information on the application.
• Criminals actually target companies using instant background check companies, because they know how easy it is to fool these automated database search systems. They simply change a letter here, or a number there and their previous criminal history will go undetected.
• The only way to guarantee accurate criminal history reporting is for a licensed private investigator to conduct a hands-on, eyes-on investigation into each applicant.
• When instant background checks are compared to hands-on investigative background research, the results are as follows... Out of every one hundred applicants that pass an instant background check, 17 of them fail the investigative screening process. Yes, that is one in six applicants that turn up a significant criminal history!
So, as a business owner or manager, is your screening protocol sufficient? What are your motives for conducting background checks? Are you just going through the motions of due-diligence or are you really interesting in protecting your staff, your customers and your reputation? Before you end up in court on the wrong end of a lawsuit... think about improving your company screening policy.
If you want real results, your background investigations need to be performed by real people.
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