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The Cost Of Background Checks
Some businesses choose not to perform any employee background checks on their potential candidates. They call the former employers that are listed, and perhaps the lineup of references given, and make their decision based on this. This could be perfectly fine, except for the fact that people will and do lie on their resumes every day. They exaggerate their previous work experience, or they fail to list specific employers because they did not leave that job on good terms. They claim to have never been terminated from any previous job, but truthfully, they’ve only listed the few they left from voluntarily. Don’t even get me started on references. Unless they are willing to just hand you their cell phone and let you randomly call their contacts, those hand-picked people they give you have most likely already been coached on what to tell you. You need the assistance of a proper background check company to really verify all the information this person has provided. When you look at all the costs associated with running a small business, paying for a quality pre-employment screening is well worth the investment.
I was talking to a friend that runs a small chain of convenience stores and here are a few of her hiring horror stories:
*A store kept getting broken into during the middle of the night. The criminal kept using the landscaping stones around the parking lot to break the glass out of the front door. Then they would go in and steal cartons of cigarettes from behind the counter. They seemed to know exactly how much time they had to get in and get out before the alarm would sound and alert the authorities. It turned out to be an employee that knew the alarm would activate in forty-five seconds, so he knew how quick he needed to be.
*My friend got an anonymous phone call tipping her off that an employee was selling boxes of merchandise out the back door of the store. They were supposedly selling some damaged products and some overstock items just to get it out of the store, but the employee was pocketing the money.
*One day she was on her way in early to complete some paperwork at one of the stores and came up on a guy on a bicycle. As she drove past him, she noticed he had a plastic bag with her store’s logo on it. When she arrived at the store, she found the back door had been jimmied open. Then it dawned on her that guy she saw was a new clerk that they had hired.
When she looks back at all the time and money spent on dealing with these internal theft issues, she wonders why it took so long to decide to start using a background check company to weed out these people. No matter how good they are at storytelling, a pre-employment screening will tell you the truth about a possible job candidate. Employee background checks are worth the cost when you consider what you could be paying for later if they turn out to be a crook. They could lie about their education level, their job experience, the reason they left former employers, and more. These could factor in to your decision on who to hire for your opening. It would be terribly wrong to hire someone based on the wrong data, and overlook a more qualified person that told the truth. People can fool you in an interview, but they can’t fool a background check company.
For more information on background checks, contact us or call 1.770.426.0547
Some businesses choose not to perform any employee background checks on their potential candidates. They call the former employers that are listed, and perhaps the lineup of references given, and make their decision based on this. This could be perfectly fine, except for the fact that people will and do lie on their resumes every day. They exaggerate their previous work experience, or they fail to list specific employers because they did not leave that job on good terms. They claim to have never been terminated from any previous job, but truthfully, they’ve only listed the few they left from voluntarily. Don’t even get me started on references. Unless they are willing to just hand you their cell phone and let you randomly call their contacts, those hand-picked people they give you have most likely already been coached on what to tell you. You need the assistance of a proper background check company to really verify all the information this person has provided. When you look at all the costs associated with running a small business, paying for a quality pre-employment screening is well worth the investment.
I was talking to a friend that runs a small chain of convenience stores and here are a few of her hiring horror stories:
*A store kept getting broken into during the middle of the night. The criminal kept using the landscaping stones around the parking lot to break the glass out of the front door. Then they would go in and steal cartons of cigarettes from behind the counter. They seemed to know exactly how much time they had to get in and get out before the alarm would sound and alert the authorities. It turned out to be an employee that knew the alarm would activate in forty-five seconds, so he knew how quick he needed to be.
*My friend got an anonymous phone call tipping her off that an employee was selling boxes of merchandise out the back door of the store. They were supposedly selling some damaged products and some overstock items just to get it out of the store, but the employee was pocketing the money.
*One day she was on her way in early to complete some paperwork at one of the stores and came up on a guy on a bicycle. As she drove past him, she noticed he had a plastic bag with her store’s logo on it. When she arrived at the store, she found the back door had been jimmied open. Then it dawned on her that guy she saw was a new clerk that they had hired.
When she looks back at all the time and money spent on dealing with these internal theft issues, she wonders why it took so long to decide to start using a background check company to weed out these people. No matter how good they are at storytelling, a pre-employment screening will tell you the truth about a possible job candidate. Employee background checks are worth the cost when you consider what you could be paying for later if they turn out to be a crook. They could lie about their education level, their job experience, the reason they left former employers, and more. These could factor in to your decision on who to hire for your opening. It would be terribly wrong to hire someone based on the wrong data, and overlook a more qualified person that told the truth. People can fool you in an interview, but they can’t fool a background check company.
For more information on background checks, contact us or call 1.770.426.0547
