Employment Background Checks

What do Employers look for in a Background Check?

Employers should have specific goals for considering individuals with a criminal records. For instance, the United States Department of Labor reports that nearly 2 million American employees experience workplace violence each year. Employers that operate their businesses in high stress atmospheres or serve alcohol may want to contemplate hiring individuals without prior record of violent crimes.

In other cases, employers who operate their business based on a delivery system may not want to employ those with DUI records and repeat drug abuse. As well as those records, they may also want to review the number of traffic laws broken which may sometimes appear on a person’s reported history.

In addition, unless the potential employee is on the sex offender registry, reporting agencies are legally bound to only reveal records that have occurred within the last seven years. Going outside of these bounds may result in legality problems and lawsuits.

Another type of employment background check which is often sought after includes credit reports. The results of this screening may indicate that the potential employee has had or may have questionable history of mishandling debt. These records could go hand in hand with persons who may have a recording of theft or fraudulent charges on their criminal record. Employers that create an environment in which the employees complete monetary transactions may want to scrutinize between applicants who have documentation on their record which indicates financial trouble.

In addition to the previously mentioned reports, employers must also consider a person’s employment history. Verifying the terms on which someone has left a job and whether they are qualified based on experience to take on a newly offered role can greatly affect the workplace.

So what does all this mean for employers? It means that employers must greatly consider in which way they differentiate between those they wish to hire and those they wish to not. Being thorough about having a set of goals and guidelines will assist the employer in deciding in which areas they want to review of a person’s background.

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