Find Out How Insisting On Verified Qualifications Can Protect Your Organisation

Employing a candidate who holds fake qualifications can be a challenging scenario for employers

. The dishonest candidate can place your organisation in danger and you could risk legal action, commercial loss or worse. In this report we show how qualification checks will help you to bypass these risks. We uncover the reasons that candidates might fake their qualifications, the most common lies that they tell and the steps you can take to be confident this doesnt happen to you.

Job applicants may attempt to deceive you for a variety of reasons. As unemployment grows and we see a step-down in the amount of available posts, many candidates are convinced that they must enhance their application to gain a place in the job market.

Another motivation for job seekers to be dishonest about their qualifications or experience is to be rewarded with a better salary in positions where the salary is commensurate with experience. Industries that require certain base qualifications may also be a target for exaggerated qualification claims by applicants.

Applicants will sometimes try to base their fabricated qualification statements on some segment of truth. The resume my contain truthful details of the institution where they studied but claim that they attended a different degree. They may state their attendance dates in their job application without ever graduating from the course. In these cases they would have actual student identification for the institution and the course they enrolled in but no final qualification.

So, what procedures can you implement to detect bogus applicants at interview time? The number one rule as an employer is to never assume that your applicant is being truthful with you. Question everything that they claim in their job application and state from the start to all applicants that you will be conducting complete employment screening checks including verification of qualifications, work history and experience.

Sometimes it pays to be direct and question the applicant as to the accuracy and completeness of their particulars. Surprisingly, some employers avoid doing this even though confronting the applicant directly will often result in a confession. If you are hiring new employees from outside your organisation, dont accept that the applicants previous employers lived up to your standards in their own verification processes.

One way that applicants can hope to remove any question regarding their fake qualifications is to point to previous job experience. Some candidates escape detection in this way for years or their entire career.

If you take into account the time that you may waste in addition to the expense and effort involved in replacing a dishonest employee, the price of having peace of mind when hiring a candidate is a relatively minor expense. A professional screening company has tools and resources at their disposal to conduct a thorough check of the applicant's work history and qualifications.

Hiring staff is one of the most critical functions within your organisation. Understanding why candidates act dishonestly and anticipating how they will try to sidestep your verification protocols will ensure that your staff will, in truth, be one of your greatest assets.

by: Melissa Knowles

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