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It is quite obvious that as an employer you know your business the best and who would make a successful employee in your organization. But with the rising cases of corporate scandals, workplace violence and amid rising security concerns pre employment background checks have been gaining importance in the recent years. Further, 40% of resumes have false or tweaked information about the applicant. Whether you are a big corporation or a small business hiring well qualified, professional and honest employees is vital to the success of your business.

Pre employment screening is the process of evaluating the new applicants psychometrics, conducting background checks and drug testing to determine the background and establishing his identity. A pre employment background check is an extremely popular and comparatively cheaper method of pre employment screening. Performing a pre employment background checks before you hire a new employee can save your company from bigger hassles including monetary and legal costs.

Do you know that your or your business can be held liable for the actions of your employees especially if you did not perform pre employment background checks while hiring the employee? Therefore conducting pre employment background checks of the applicant can help reduce the risk of negligent hiring lawsuits.

One important fact to remember before you conduct pre employment background checks is securing a signed disclosure form from the applicant authorization you to conduct to conduct such checks on the applicant. Laws tend to vary from state to state in respect of what sort of information can be asked for during pre employment background checks. Take legal advice from your lawyer or your attorney before dwelling too deep into the criminal past of the applicant.

A complete background check of the applicant will help minimize the rise of recruiting an applicant with shady background and with questionable reliability. Since it is mandatory to get a signed authorization from the applicant before conducting pre employment background checks before the screening process starts, unsuitable applicants can be easily deterred at quite an early juncture.

Pre employment background checks not only helps to reveal applicants criminal background but it may also expose any false claims made by the applicant's thus exposing and identifying individuals who might be susceptible to dishonest or corrupt activities.

• Verifying the skills of the applicant
• Verifying the social security number of the applicant
• Verifying the personal references of the applicant
• Verifying the driving records of the applicant
• Checking the workers' compensation
• Verifying the qualifications of the applicant
• Verifying the employment history of the applicant
• Conducting a credit and residency checks
• Checking for any criminal record and civil litigation against the applicants

It is advisable to perform different levels of screening according to the risk attached to the post the applicant is to occupy. When employees are to be promoted to a new higher position, which represents a greater risk to the company, then these employees should be subject to a more in-depth screen.