6 Reasons for Choosing A Pre-employment Screening Company
Many companies offering recruitment screening have cropped up. Their levels of expertise and the stretch of their services vary. There will always be that one place you go back to as a HR manager(s). The reasons being:
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Experience
A company or individuals with a big pool of experience gained after many years in the field have research methods that have passed the tests of time.
They have adapted well to the technological changes through time and there existence at the moment means that they have the best systems adapted for pre-employment screening. They will also have more information gathered from different databases as a result of the trust they have built with their partners.
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Service areas
The experience gained by these companies is wide and applicable to many industries. This means that their range of services are not limited to just one line of business.
HR managers and chiefs will probably prefer a service provider who can work with them in different lines of business. Financial sectors, franchise, technology, healthcare, manufacturing education etc. should be covered by a company undertaking pre-employment checks. This company will attract more recruitment firms and HR teams.
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Products available
As a HR or a recruitment officer, you have to consider all the checks and reports that can be provided by a company. The best and the preferred choice will always be the ones that offer employment and specialty screening.
Trustedemployees.com offers credit history checks, employment verifications, criminal histories, education verifications reference verifications and identity/address checks in their employment screens.
They also offer specialty screens that include driving and motor vehicle checks, E-Verify checks for immigration statuses, drug screens and credential or licensing checks.
All these are necessary prior to being hired especially to positions of high responsibility or resultant liabilities in case of misinformation.
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Load covered
This signifies the size of employees a company can run checks on. A company should handle from one to over a hundred employee checks. It should also come up with packages for different tiers ensuring equity in pricing.
Recruitment firms for instance, have many candidates in their databases and running background checks on all is necessary.
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User friendly databases
The system applications that run the checks should be easy to use. To prevent cases where HR teams cannot work with the interfaces, there should be tutorials and other materials with demonstrations on use.
Training should also be offered. You should therefore work with a company that will offer complimentary training to you and others.
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Quality of the offered solutions
There should be standards to be expected from working with a product. The solutions offered should be in compliance with set rules and regulations, should help in carrying outrisk assessments, facilitate integrations and also offer feasible analytics and reporting.
A tool or application with these qualities should be used because it will save on costs.
In conclusion, you work with a pre-employment screening company only after assessment and assurance that the above stated factors will be up to your standards.
You should also have the system customized to your business’s needs. The right tools will guide in decision making and building trustworthy relationships.
Author Bio
Kumar Sanghani is a consultant for recruitment and human resource/ talent acquisition firms. He is also one of the developers at trustedemployees.com. He is a foodie, blogger and an adventurous traveler. Learn more about him on his LinkedIn profile.
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