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• Drug & Health Screening
  • Drug & Health Screening Programs
• Form I-9 & E-Verify

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Why You Should Conduct Background Checks

Background screening is quickly becoming standard practice in many workplaces and businesses across the world. Organizations are continually on the lookout for new ways to mitigate their risk, and conducting background checks is an effective and easy way to do so. Researching the histories and stated capabilities of the following individuals is always sound business practice:

• Prospective and current employees
• Extended workforces, like temporary and contract personnel
• Executive-level and other high-profile candidates
• Educational institution applicants

By partnering with an established background screening provider, employers can reap benefits including:

• Better safeguarding organizational assets – the people you hire potentially have access to property of great value, from physical assets to valuable information. Background screening can help minimize the possibility of theft or corporate espionage. Additionally, you may be required by law to screen for individuals who are on national and international sanctions or disqualification lists.
• Helping promote safety – background screening helps minimize the possibility of violence at your workplace or campus by checking for past criminal behavior and better clarifying the history and character of prospective employees, vendor personnel, and/or academic program applicants.
• Hiring the best employees or selecting the ideal applicants – background screening helps establish that candidates are qualified for the positions for which they’ve applied. It can also weed out any candidates that were dishonest in their resumes or CVs, helping you bring in trustworthy individuals.
• Avoiding long-term costs – recruiting and on-boarding can be expensive processes. By screening your employees, you can help ensure that individuals are properly qualified and can thus reduce turnover. You can also uncover potential costly red flags like histories of absenteeism or poor work performance.
  
• Maintaining your good reputation – with the latest news now available at the touch of a button, organizations today need to take every step to ensure that a hiring mistake doesn’t turn into a public relations disaster. Just one employee who wasn’t qualified or had a criminal history can tarnish a carefully built reputation. Background screening helps protect your organization’s good name.
• Building trust within your organization – performing background checks means that you are committed to integrity and safety, important values that help underscore your current employees’ faith in your organization.
  
• Protecting you from negligent hiring/retention litigation – in some countries, employers are at risk if they knew, or should have known, that an employee presented a foreseeable risk of harm. For example, if one of your employees attacked a co-worker, your organization could potentially be held liable if that employee had a known history of such behavior. Performing pre-employment background checks can be of major importance in demonstrating proper due diligence and further safeguarding your organization.