Employers are not taking employees on their payroll nowadays without following proper pre-employment screening procedures.
They wish to compile accurate data on every prospective employee before they offer him the job and typically these consist of his driving records, criminal records if any, past employment details, any loans taken by the employee and comprehensive check on education information.
They are doing this due to having suffered betrayal by employees in the past who have falsified information and have indulged in fraudulent practices which has put the company into a lot of unnecessary trouble and inconvenience.
By doing a complete pre-employment screening check, companies can feel confident about the choice of employees they are taking on board and can rest assured that they have followed what is possible under the circumstances to ensure they are not taking somebody with a dubious record.
This procedure is now a common one practised by most employers.
If your company is one of those which believes in carrying out this procedure before hiring employees then it is doing the right thing.
Careful selection of an employee protects valuable dollars from getting wasted in future on recruitment, training expenses.
Remember that every action in the corporate world has its price and if you make a wrong selection, by the time you realise it, the employee has already spent some time in the system and you would have spent money on training him.
He also becomes privy to a lot of sensitive information and that is not something you can take away from him.
He or she would have also mixed well with your team.
If you have to repeat the entire process again with another employee, it is not only going to cost you money but also have an impact on your team who would need to get adjusted to a new member all over again.
That can have a demoralising effect on the team and in other employees as well.
There are thus spin off costs when you make an error in judgement of selecting the wrong candidate.
The pre-employment screening process also helps to protect your company from lawsuits that can be filed by employees if they are asked to go or summarily dismissed.
Lawsuits can also be filed by customers who may get defrauded by the employee in question.
This can cause a severe dent in the image of the company and you would have to waste a lot of time, money and effort on public relations exercises to set the record straight.
Your company must also ensure that they are making use of the right screening agency to conduct the above exercise.
The agency needs to have a good reputation and though the process may be costly, it is worth every penny you spend on it.