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3 Essential Steps to Pre-Employment Screening
Pre-employment background screening reduces the risk of a bad hire, it plays a vital role in modern recruitment, yet it can be a frustrating, time consuming and sometimes a daunting process for all involved. Using a specialist background checking company removes these angsts by delivering a cost effective service, which allows you to make confident hiring decisions, every time.
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Whether you are a SME or an international corporate, hiring the right people is essential to the growth and protection of your business. Companies outsource their background checks for many reasons:
- Free up time by reducing the administration involved in reference checking
- Remove the risk of non-compliance for regulated roles
- Improve productivity by reducing screening time from hiring to start date
- Monitor and track the management of multiple applicants
- Receive expert guidance on creating different levels of checks for different roles within an organisation
- Get full visibility and guidance at all stages by using real-time software such as MyCheckTM
3 Essential Steps to Pre-Employment Screening
To be effective, companies need to bear the following in mind:
(1) Develop a best practice pre-employment screening policy, which is proportionate to the risk-profile of your business. This means setting the bar high enough to deter the wrong people, but not too high to alienate the right people.
(2) Implement your new screening policy into every stage of your recruitment process. To maximise the benefits from a screening policy, clearly state that all new hires will be subject to background checks, mention this in job advertisements, on application forms and during interviews. This is a powerful deterrent to discourage the wrong people, saving you time and money.
(3) Make the policy mandatory for everyone. This ensures that no one will slip through the net. Regardless of if they are a ‘best mate’ being vouched for by an existing employee or they have come through a trusted employment agency. Make everyone in the company aware of the benefits of background checking, from safeguarding your staff and customers to reputational damage that can be caused by hiring the wrong person.
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