Increased work pressure and the need to meet multiple deadlines have left us spending more and more time at work. This increased work load has lead to most of us spending minimal time at home and/or caring for our loved ones. As we are busy earning we have left the caretaking of our assets and our kids to others.
Finding the right help with whom we can entrust the responsibilities of our homes and/or kids is a delicate process. There are ample of companies that provide this kind of manpower. However the main criteria for most of these manpower companies is to maintain good profit margin, hence the concentration is more on hiring cheap help than hiring the right help. Credential verification for almost all domestic help positions is non-existential.
Off late there have been many instances where the domestic help betrayed trust and either kidnapped the child they were looking after or made away with the jewelry and cash that was stored in the house. A lot of these incidents could have been deterred had there been a conscious effort to look into the credential of the person that was hired for the job. There are many companies that can help you make the required domestic help verifications.
The few tips that can help you make your own domestic help verification are
- If your town police offer domestic help verification service, submit the application form at your local police station. This is by far the best thing you can do.
- Verify the current and permanent address and ID proofs of your domestic help and retain a photocopy for your records.
- Visit the current address and confirm the residence. Ask the local neighbors too.
- Ask for previous employer references even if the domestic help is coming through word of mouth referral or through a domestic help agency. Call the previous employers and ask questions to confirm and learn more.
- Retain a current photograph of the domestic help.
The above tasks though basic help provide the needful satisfaction that the right person is being hired. The more in-depth and detailed the enquiries the better the insight about the persons background.
A detailed background check provides a complete picture about a person’s past track record. Any discrepancies or negative feedback that crops up can be a red flag against hiring that person. The basic ideology behind a background check is that a person is a creature of habit and develops his characteristics over successive repetition. This human tendency can be piggybacked to find any negative traits that a person may have exhibited in the past.
The information provided via the domestic help verification process does not guarantee that the domestic help hired will not commit a crime. However it will provide you with the satisfaction that you have done the best to keep your assets and family safe and sound.
