subject: Pre-Employment Screening and Personnel Vetting - Minimizing Risk and Loss [print this page] Places who take care of children like schools, nurseries, and pediatric clinics conduct pre-employment screening and personnel vetting for the safety of children on-site. Someone with a criminal background may not be appropriate to be around children. Using screening services minimizes the risk. Elderly care providers or medical care facilities like nursing homes, rehabilitation clinics, hospitals, doctors offices, and care groups may also see the feasibility of using background checks before hiring staff who will be around elderly or incapacitated persons. These are persons who may be in a vulnerable position at the time. Pre-screening is not only for property, but for the protection of people.
Maintenance providers who have employees who are entrusted with positions that may have them inside of people's homes, empty office buildings, banks, and off hours businesses require people they can trust. The reputation of the company is on the line when they send their employees into empty buildings or homes where valuables may be lying in the open. Equipment suppliers with an extensive inventory want to minimize their risk of expensive equipment walking out their doors by employees with sticky fingers. Insurance costs can quickly harm the bottom line of a smaller business with high equipment inventory. Retailers and financial institutions are also sectors where pre-employment screening and personnel vetting are important. Any business where employees interact with customers or clients and money or inventory is involved can easily lend itself to theft and fraud. Pre-screening and vetting is all about minimizing the risk of hiring people with track records that may be unsavory or not quite perfect.
When an open job posting is for a position of trust and responsibility in a company, pre-employment screening and personnel vetting just makes sense. Complete audits and compliance ensure that a company is able to hire the person who best fits the job position. Criminal records and credit checks help to ensure the company hires a person without a criminal background and responsible with money. Someone who has career gaps in their employment background may not be dependable. Residency verification and reference information are also included in a pre-employment screening check and help to verify proof of what is placed on a resume or application. Proof of identity and citizenship is also another area that can get a company in hot water if proof is not verified.
For a company who will need to invest months, or possibly more, of training in a person before they are fully usable with the company, pre-screening and vetting weeds out persons who may not have good job track records. Someone who has held three different positions in one year may not be the best person for a position that entails a full year of training.
It's all about minimizing the risk of hiring new employees who may not be the right fit for a company or corporation with high standards and a good reputation
Pre-Employment Screening and Personnel Vetting - Minimizing Risk and Loss
