Most of the times companies hire new talent with all the necessary precautions. This entails a thorough interview process, a hard-to-crack written exam and a detailed background check. Only when the candidate meets the company’s stringent standards, is he made part of the workforce. However once the candidate is onboard there is little done in terms of ongoing background checks. There have been many cases where a candidate having passed the pre-employment background check was hired, but later lead to having caused irreparable damage to the company’s exchequers, brand and/or its employees.
The point to keep in mind is that human character is ever evolving and a person’s interaction with his circumstances continues to define/redefine who he becomes. Human psychological evolvement can be either positive or negative; it is not possible to accurately predict outcomes of these psychological changes. However the responsibility of being aware of any negative outwardly action (recorded or reported) performed by the employee, lies squarely on the HR managers shoulders. Carrying out regular post employment background checks holds many long term benefits for the company a few of which have been listed below:
- The awareness of a post employment background check being carried out on a regular basis helps keeps the employees alert and puts an additional pressure on them to check themselves from carrying out any acts of misdemeanour, both in and out of the office.
- An ongoing employee background check keeps the HR manager updated of any new criminal record filed against the employee. Required action based on the severity of the crime can then be taken by the HR manager.
- A change of address that the employee failed to report can easily be tracked and the employee can be asked to submit the new residential information. Having an updated employee address record is especially important for companies that work on client sensitive information.
- More than often, employees fake educational qualifications to get a higher pay raise, during the appraisal process. An educational background check can help the company validate the educational qualifications and allow the company to make the required pay raise.
Having a process of check and balances helps weed out unwanted elements from the company’s workforce effectively. The cost associated with ongoing employee background checks are minimal to the benefits the company can reap from having the most ideal candidate for a required position.
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