Background verification is an integral component of many companies' hiring processes, providing peace of mind by assuring their employees, customers, and community are safe. In the US alone, background checks may include criminal background checks, education verification checks, employment history researches, professional license reviews and drug screening as well as any relevant social media activity monitoring, credit scores or references that might fit.
First step of most background checks involves verifying an applicant's identity with date-of-birth proof, address confirmation and social security verification. This may be achieved through database searching or manually by reaching out to previous organizations such as schools or employers; after which further records and public databases will typically be reviewed for more comprehensive results.
Searches may extend nationwide or even internationally depending on where the person lived and worked as well as on various local, state and federal rules that pertain to them. Some states mandate seven years of criminal records searches while other have differing policies about which records to search or how long records must be kept for. HR professionals need to be familiar with local legislation as well as any state/federal rules which might impact them when conducting employee background checks for companies.
First step of most background checks involves verifying an applicant's identity with date-of-birth proof, address confirmation and social security verification. This may be achieved through database searching or manually by reaching out to previous organizations such as schools or employers; after which further records and public databases will typically be reviewed for more comprehensive results.
Searches may extend nationwide or even internationally depending on where the person lived and worked as well as on various local, state and federal rules that pertain to them. Some states mandate seven years of criminal records searches while other have differing policies about which records to search or how long records must be kept for. HR professionals need to be familiar with local legislation as well as any state/federal rules which might impact them when conducting employee background checks for companies.
Statistics: Posted by mnrsolutions — Fri Sep 20, 2024 10:42 am
