4 Reasons Why You Need Employment Screening Before Hiring Your Next Employee
Employment screening is a form of checking the background of an employee before they are hired by your company for their services. In today’s world, many crimes exist that once were never conceived of. Crimes over the Internet, wire fraud, identity theft, and the like can all be attributed to street thugs who have turned themselves into PC-toting criminals. With more than violent crimes being a threat to employers these days, here are four reasons why employment screening must be a vital part of the hiring process, no matter what the position that needs to be filled.
1. Nannies and in-home caregivers. When it comes to individual care for medical reasons or for daycare, knowing that the person coming into your home or facility is crucial. There have been many cases of elder and child abuse, neglect, and sexual misconduct between caregivers and their clients, so don’t take the chance. The small cost is worth the avoidance of painful, and sometimes even deadly, consequences. You’ll be able to run a criminal background check, check their DMV record, and truly find out if they are qualified for the position. Be safe and hire an employment screening service!
2. Delivery drivers and trucking companies. Nothing is more important than your drivers’ driving records and safety record. Now, there are national databases that employment screening firms can access to find out this information and report it to you prior to hiring drivers. One such tragedy that especially hits home is one in Mission Viejo, CA several years back where a minivan was hit from behind on the freeway and a woman’s three children were instantly killed. The driver had been cited for various unsafe practices that his employer may not have been aware of.
3. Financial institutions. Banking is one of the industries where criminal activity gravitates to. For obvious reasons, money is extremely appealing to criminals and they will do whatever it takes to get on the “inside” and take advantage of their position of trust. This is why a criminal background check is so crucial in this particular field of work. From fingerprinting and FBI criminal records checks to finding out local and state-level convictions, this is the most thorough employment screening that can be done to be sure someone is “clean”.
4. Hospitals and medical facilities. You might live in a shell if you haven’t seen stories in the news on a regular basis of nurse’s aides, nurses, doctors, dentists, and other medical professionals who have been accused of atrocious acts against their patients. From sexual assault while patients are under the influence of anesthesia to physical abuse and even murder (remember Dr. Michael Swango?), crimes against patients do occur. Not only can these hiring disasters lead a hospital to have a tainted reputation and the total distrust of the community, but it exposes them to huge lawsuits for negligent hiring. Make sure you know who your doctors, nurses, and orderlies are before you hire them.
Don’t compromise your business, your customers, or your own employees’ safety by hiring carelessly! Hire AccuScreen today and you’ll be sure that your next employee is the right person for the job before they start their first day with you.
