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Getting An Education On Employee Background Checks
Employee background checks are important, but depending on what the job is they can take a LONG time to complete. Currently my eldest son is applying for a teaching job in a high school and although he had a background check done to enter the teaching program at the college he attended, he has to undergo another check. He has received a tentative job offer but until the check clears he cannot officially be given an offer of employment. As a father this is frustrating, I want to see him get the job he has his heart set on. While I know he will pass with flying colors the waiting is hard.
I have to tell you though I can appreciate the thoroughness that the pre-employment screening company must be using. My son and the other teachers are working with children and parents want to be confident that their children are safe around the adults to whose care they are entrusted. A quick web search for news of teacher arrests finds a disconcerting number of stories of teachers accused of suspected drug use in a classroom or sexual misconduct with students or other abuses of children. It should make us grateful that school districts conduct pre-employment screening, it is just unfortunate that bad apples fall through the cracks. I would like to ask retail business owners out there, do you know who YOU are hiring? Have you ever thought about who your store serves and who the people are that represent your business as they wait on your customers? If you do not have a company conducting employee background checks for you then you are risking the well-being of your clients and even other employees.
Do you know if you have an employee with a criminal history for assault and battery working for your company? Maybe you have a company delivery vehicle and employees have to take purchases to customers. Do any of those workers that get behind the wheel for you have a history of Driving Under the Influence? What do you really know about the people working in your building? A reputable company that conducts pre-employment screening can get the information that matters to you and the stores you run. You may not know what you should know about the staff you hire. A company that has been in retail loss prevention consulting for nearly three decades can provide sound recommendations on what a store owner should be concerned with in hiring. They can also conduct the employee background checks for businesses making it a convenient one-stop shop location. Loss Prevention Systems Inc. is just such a company. As a former Loss Prevention Manager with almost 27 years of retail experience they would be MY go to choice for advice and to conduct background checks for my potential new hires.
You could be reading this and thinking that there is a big difference between hiring school teachers who are working with children day after day and a retail store that simply sells merchandise. I agree there is a difference but let me give you a little insight into some of the situations I have dealt with that involved employees. As a Loss Prevention Manager I have responded to the store in the middle of the night for two employees who were fighting with each other. I have sat in on an employee being fired who threatened to kill himself. I have had employees who were terminated from their positions who threatened to “get” a store manager outside of the store. I have been involved with a case where an employee claimed she was raped by a delivery driver in his delivery truck. Our store hired one person with whom I was familiar because I had caught her stealing from a store where we previously worked together. I have dealt with numerous employee theft cases involving cash, customer credit cards, gift cards and merchandise. I have investigated employees filing false accident claims, trying to get compensation from the store. I am familiar with cases in other stores of employees accused of voyeurism of patrons in restrooms and fitting rooms.
The list goes on and I can only say no, you aren’t hiring school teachers but you are responsible for the people who work for you and count on you to make sound hiring decisions. The safety of your staff and customers IS something you must give consideration to when deciding who will be on your team. Hire a company that can do complete employee background checks on potential job candidates and know that it is an investment in operating a safe and secure store. That leads to a happier more productive team and can only mean good things for you.
Need information on employee background checks? Give us a call at 1.770.426.0547 now.
Employee background checks are important, but depending on what the job is they can take a LONG time to complete. Currently my eldest son is applying for a teaching job in a high school and although he had a background check done to enter the teaching program at the college he attended, he has to undergo another check. He has received a tentative job offer but until the check clears he cannot officially be given an offer of employment. As a father this is frustrating, I want to see him get the job he has his heart set on. While I know he will pass with flying colors the waiting is hard.
I have to tell you though I can appreciate the thoroughness that the pre-employment screening company must be using. My son and the other teachers are working with children and parents want to be confident that their children are safe around the adults to whose care they are entrusted. A quick web search for news of teacher arrests finds a disconcerting number of stories of teachers accused of suspected drug use in a classroom or sexual misconduct with students or other abuses of children. It should make us grateful that school districts conduct pre-employment screening, it is just unfortunate that bad apples fall through the cracks. I would like to ask retail business owners out there, do you know who YOU are hiring? Have you ever thought about who your store serves and who the people are that represent your business as they wait on your customers? If you do not have a company conducting employee background checks for you then you are risking the well-being of your clients and even other employees.
Do you know if you have an employee with a criminal history for assault and battery working for your company? Maybe you have a company delivery vehicle and employees have to take purchases to customers. Do any of those workers that get behind the wheel for you have a history of Driving Under the Influence? What do you really know about the people working in your building? A reputable company that conducts pre-employment screening can get the information that matters to you and the stores you run. You may not know what you should know about the staff you hire. A company that has been in retail loss prevention consulting for nearly three decades can provide sound recommendations on what a store owner should be concerned with in hiring. They can also conduct the employee background checks for businesses making it a convenient one-stop shop location. Loss Prevention Systems Inc. is just such a company. As a former Loss Prevention Manager with almost 27 years of retail experience they would be MY go to choice for advice and to conduct background checks for my potential new hires.
You could be reading this and thinking that there is a big difference between hiring school teachers who are working with children day after day and a retail store that simply sells merchandise. I agree there is a difference but let me give you a little insight into some of the situations I have dealt with that involved employees. As a Loss Prevention Manager I have responded to the store in the middle of the night for two employees who were fighting with each other. I have sat in on an employee being fired who threatened to kill himself. I have had employees who were terminated from their positions who threatened to “get” a store manager outside of the store. I have been involved with a case where an employee claimed she was raped by a delivery driver in his delivery truck. Our store hired one person with whom I was familiar because I had caught her stealing from a store where we previously worked together. I have dealt with numerous employee theft cases involving cash, customer credit cards, gift cards and merchandise. I have investigated employees filing false accident claims, trying to get compensation from the store. I am familiar with cases in other stores of employees accused of voyeurism of patrons in restrooms and fitting rooms.
The list goes on and I can only say no, you aren’t hiring school teachers but you are responsible for the people who work for you and count on you to make sound hiring decisions. The safety of your staff and customers IS something you must give consideration to when deciding who will be on your team. Hire a company that can do complete employee background checks on potential job candidates and know that it is an investment in operating a safe and secure store. That leads to a happier more productive team and can only mean good things for you.
Need information on employee background checks? Give us a call at 1.770.426.0547 now.
