By: Rudy Silva
Submitted: 2009-10-27 04:11:36 | Word Count: 520
Are you in charge of hiring new employees? Do you know how to do a proper employment screening? Can you do a background check that will eliminate those employees that have some detrimental past activities that could harm your company? Here are some tips for you to use in your background checking.
Use an application form that provides you with enough information to get your background check started. If you don’t have the right questions on the application, you will have a hard time doing a background check. Have someone who has done background checks create your application.
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Your first check is to look into the persons Social Security information. This is the starting point for your employment screening check. This check is done to make sure the Social Security belongs to the individual. It also gives you information on his past addresses and alias identity. Many people hide their own status by using other people’s Social Security.
After you have the information from the Social, you can start the employment criminal background check. You can also start checking the individual's driving record. These two searches will give a better idea of the prospective historical data.
Once you have completed a variety of different information, you can match it up with the information you have on the application form. If there is a difference, then ask the applicant to explain this difference. It can be that there is a logical explanation and there was no intention to hide historical information.
Now you have to do a pre employment screening credit check. You will be able to order a credit check that is related to employment. This report does not show account numbers or other data that is not needed for an employment decision.
To do a Criminal History Search you need a birth date. You can not legal ask for this on your application. One way to do this search is to do it after the applicant is hired. Your hiring agreement should state that his employment status is based on passing the criminal history search.
One thing most screeners miss is getting past co-workers names and phone numbers. Usually they will get supervisor’s names but also fail to get their phone numbers. So get these names and phone numbers so that you can call and get more information on the prospective individual than would be provided by Human Resources.
There you have it a good outline to start your employment screening. You first start with a good application form. Move on to do the Social Security check and then do a driver’s license and employment criminal background check. End with a credit check. If you want more screening consider using a pre employment screening services.
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