7 Employee Background Check Practices that Reduce Risks for Small Business Owners!

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Small business employee background checks are new to listen but now they are becoming an essential ingredient of a hiring process for the small business owners.

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Publié par	sfmkhr
Publié le	12 juin 2012
Nombre de lectures	71
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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7EmployeeBackgr undCheckPractices that Reuce Risksfor mallBusiness Owners!Managingasmallbusinesseallyisagrowingprocess.Youtrycert inthings,youchangethings,youfollowo hercompanies,andyoucreatenewways.Buttherearesome basicmanagementrulethatreallyhaveamatterofimportance.

Employeeshavelongbeennownastheassetofanorganization,w ethersmallorlarge.Anemployeeholdshereputationofabusiness,ifyouhi edacriminal,fraudsterorthieve;yourcom anywillbefacingthemostadverseeffectleadingtothefallofbusiness.Becausereputationistheonlythingwhichpeoples y,“Oncegone,then it will never come back”.

Aswehaveseeninpastecades,employee background checks ereonlybeenpracticedinlargercompa ies,organizationsandcorporations.Theyscreenapplicants/employeesfromtiptotoebeforewelcomingthemtoheprestigiouspremises.

But today small businessesrealsoadoptingemployeebackgroundhecksastheirprimaryandmostessenti lmethodtodetermine,assessandmitigatetheiremploymentrisks.Smallbusinessownershavenowunderstoodthatiringtherightemployeeforthejobistheonlyway togetcomplianttoalltherulesandregulations.Theyunderstandthatemplo eebackgroundcheckswillgivethemaavorinalongrun.

Employeebackgroundchec sisalongbeenprovenpracticeasitenablesandemployertogetthevaluableinsightintoperson’scharacter.Manysmallbusiness

owners feeling pressed for time will hire a new employee based on a gut feeling, rather than performing a proper employee background check, only to found out later that the employee wasn’t what they were expecting.

Smallbusinessemployeebackgroundchecksnot only help in avoiding the headache of firing the employee and hire another but also it diminishes the chances of workplace violence, misdemeanor, theft and other atrocities which can harm or credibility, consumer rating, and overall value.

7 Practices forSmall BusinessEmployeeBackground Check–A Must to Perform!

1.Employment history check: It includes reference checks as well and previous employment reputations check. It determines the overall performance of an employee at his/her previous job. 2.Criminal background check: It checks the person’s criminal past, offense, sexual harassment count, or any other felony. Usually investigated via police departments and through criminal records and databases. 3.Credit history check: It is wise to credit check and reject a job applicant with poor credit rating. Some studies mention that it determines the honesty of an employee. 4.Public records check /Court record check: These checks helps in finding the litigations and charges, if an employee possess them according to laws. 5.Reference check: Two types of references are usually checked, one is personal and second are employment related. Both are necessary to judge character, reliability and loyalty respectively. 6.Education check: It determines the qualification of an employee and also determines the authentication of his credentials. 7.And driving license /records check: Driving license are usually checked on those position where an employee have to drive in company vehicles, and it’s very helpful in delineating those drivers whose license have been revoked due to different problems.

Muhammad Saad Khan is a Writer, Social Media and Business Management Thought Leader Working withDataflowthe world's leading primary source verification Group, company headquartered in Singapore. His current research is aboutSmallBusinessEmployeeBackgroundChecks andhow it’s helping small business owners to avoid problem employees.