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Pre-Employment Investigations |
No management function is more critical
than the hiring of people who will go on to become competent, motivated and productive
employees. Unfortunately, the job of hiring new employees usually falls to someone
in management who, because of many other duties, does not have the time to do a thorough
background check on final candidates for the position. It is a fact that even in
large corporations, according to a survey by Burk Marketing Research, roughly 90 percent
of the hiring for jobs is done by management and not by a personnel department. This
situation would not be a problem if the hiring procedures used by most companies today
were effective. But such is not the case. Each year American companies spend
astronomical amounts of time, money and energy on newly hired employees who either quit or
are terminated before they have had time to become proficient in their duties.
Another recent study by the U.S. Department of Labor shows
that only 50 percent of all newly hired employees earning over $15,000 per year last more
than six months on the job.
The problem of ineffective hiring goes
beyond the high proportion of employees who quit or are terminated. It
extends as well to employees whoever make a meaningful
contribution to their companies or, in the worst scenario,
carry personal behavioral patterns of theft, cheating, or chronic absenteeism to each new position they obtain. The primary problem faced by the person whose shoulders it falls
upon to find new employees is finding the time to
conduct a proper background search on job candidates.
Even if time is not a problem the manager must ask himself where do I get information quickly and what procedures must I go through to obtain quality reports? Much of the answers to theses questions will depend on the company's access to outside database material, the equipment, and proper clearance to procure it.
Background information, however, need not be a mystery anymore. Potential employee background reports are now available to the employer, regardless of the company's size, quickly, and at a surprisingly moderate cost. An IOI, Incorporated pre-employment investigation provides the employer information regarding various aspects of a person's activities, character, employment habits, reputation, and loyalty.
The information given in an IOI, Incorporated. pre-employment report is obtained from a combination of personal, business, and public record sources. Whenever possible, each report contains a complete driving record, criminal conviction check, consumer report, and prior claims or problems history.
Personal background investigations are conducted so that objective and informed decisions may be made by those responsible for filling critical positions and certifying the qualifications of certain personnel. The value of a pre-employment background investigative report is that it provides a factual basis for determining past and present behavioral patterns that could affect job performance. Future company liability could also be exposed through negligence in obtaining this information before installing the new employee in a sensitive position.
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