There are many ways to conduct an employee job interview. I have seen most of them at some point. I am even a little bit embarrassed to say that during my early days as a manager, I was guilty of conducting some pretty shoddy interviews that left me with some pretty questionable employees.

Once I started in security management, I was not oblivious to the usefulness of a stress interview. We would conduct them with cases of employee dishonesty. It went a little something like this:

There were two of us in a small room that we would turn the heat up a bit in. Yes, we knew to wear lighter clothes that day, to avoid the heat. One of us would stuff some folders with blank papers and grab some blank VCR tapes to “pad” our case files. While one of sat behind the desk, the other would pace the room, both rapidly firing out questions as we saw fit.

The result was a very quick confession, as our employee was not able to get his bearings straight. Unfortunately I know that some executives would use this same approach for job interviews, expecting a more “real” look at the candidate.

Times have progressed and with the availability of background checks, why go to this sort of trouble to hire a new employee. I saw first hand how these new hires started their jobs filled with animosity and would quickly move on to something else.

Had we simply stuck with running a background check, we may have retained those, and even better qualified candidates longer.

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A pattern is simply a repetition of images, sounds, or events that when put together create a whole picture. These pictures often give us answers to questions that we may not even know we need to be asking.

My daughter has been skipping her naps over the last few days. The first time she fell asleep in the car for about ten minutes, but when I tried to get her inside and up to bed, she woke right up. Later she fell asleep while I was holding her. Again, she woke up as I laid her in bed. Well after she had a restless night of sleep, I was able to identify the pattern as an ear infection.

While it would have been nice to catch it sooner, the first few clues meant nothing to me until I saw the full pattern emerge.

Employee theft cases are the same way. You look for any patterns you can find to identify previous acts, and obtain future thefts in progress.

What you don’t want is to forgo employee background checks that might identify criminal patterns prior to employment. If you have to wait to identify a pattern of theft before you can stop it, you have waited too long. You will never see the cash or the merchandise again.

An employee background check expedites the pattern finding process by taking into account their prior activities, whether they are criminal records, or spotty previous work history.

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I recently went on a job interview with a company that was trying to hire me for a loss prevention position. They said right from the beginning that they knew I was overqualified for the position they were offering me.

Even though they had the next level position open, they wanted me at a step down. The reason was that they like to promote from within. It was very rare that they would hire external candidates for upper level positions.

In a lot of ways, that is a very smart business move. To promote from within gives several advantages over hiring from the outside. Even with pre employment screening, some things you can’t always track, like work ethic.

Being able to watch and experience first hand how an employee responds to situations will never show up on a pre employment screening. This knowledge can help determine if a promotion is warranted based on the first hand knowledge of their skill sets.

Promoting from within is also a great motivator for your existing employees as they feel that advancement opportunities are attainable.

When a company does promote from inside its ranks, take care in conducting further employee background checks.

Just because an employee passed all of their pre employment screenings, doesn’t mean an employee background check can’t still be advantageous.

This new employee background check can screen for any negative events that may have happened since their start date. It is also a chance to screen for things that may not have been needed before. Think about if the promotion will give the employee access to restricted files, cash or other assets, or even a new set of potentially liable situations.

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Pre employment screening is a useful tool in today’s economy. There are so many applicants vying for each position. How do you determine just by looking on paper who you want to spend your time hiring? Background check experts can help.

A reputable Background Check Company can ease the stress associated with finding the right candidate for a position through Pre Employment Screening. Running a thorough background check will give insight into information that is often not found on the generic application often used for an open position. It can include a criminal background check and a credit check.

Wouldn’t it be nice to know if that felony was for theft, or assault instead of a DUI or a traffic violation? How about the applicant who doesn’t have any bankruptcies or foreclosures, but still has a mountain of debt they can’t realistically repay on the salary you are providing? These are just two of the more common types of background checks that a good Background Check company can run.

While employee background checks are not a replacement for an actual question and answer interview, they do provide a “heads up” to potential questions that should be asked. Pre employment screening performed by background check experts will help weed out the applicants that you probably don’t even want to waste your valuable time with.

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When you are looking to hire employees for your business, you want to be able to be comfortable with your decision.  How do you know the history of this person, their background, or that what they are saying about themselves is true?   Performing Background checks prior to hiring can aid in the decision making process and help you be able to know you have made the right decision about a prospective employee.

By using a background check company, you’re able to make sure those that wish to work for you are trustworthy and up to the task.  Criminal background checks are also worthwhile to protect the assets of your business and prevent your business from becoming a target.  Businesses lose more to internal or employee theft than they do from customer theft, so running employee background checks is an excellent way to prevent loss created by your own workers.

A pre employment screening by a reputable background check company weeds out the potential employees that would not be a good fit for your business.  Whether the issues discovered are criminal, a poor job history or a fabricated resume`, employee background checks are worth the investment in order to be proactive in protecting your business.

Do you have the time to do thorough background checks on every potential employee that you interview for your business?  I didn’t think so.  Background check experts can help out by doing that work for you, and reporting back to you the details you need to know in order to make an informed decision.

Peace of mind and trustworthy employees are easier to come by with help from a background check company.

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A few years ago I was applying for a job. It was a pretty standard application, name, education, work history, references. Nothing really seemed out of the ordinary. After a pre screening phone interview, I was called in for a face-to-face interview. A few hours after I left, I received a phone call form one of my previous supervisors. She was calling to give me an update on the glowing reference she had just given me.

Now, I always let my references know that they have been put down on an application. This was the first time (ever) that any one actually had taken the time to call my references. Since I have been out in the work force for almost two decades, it caught me off guard.

I started to think about how much information a potential employer misses out on by not running comprehensive and diverse pre employment screening.

If companies or employers are not taking the time to call a reference, are they taking the time to really dig down into a background check to find out all they can in regards to a potential new hire?

Pre employment screening is a way to drill down deeper into the lives of your applicant pool. If there is anything suspicious to report, an applicant is probably well versed in how to hide it. They are already anticipating leading questions in an interview and will d their best to deflect the question.

Background checks will filter out the deflections and reveal anything that may be a cause for concern.

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I have spent many years working with cases of employee dishonesty, theft and fraud. Statistically, the majority of those employees were working in a non-management capacity. It was always a big deal if the case implicated an actual member of management.

Part of the commotion was that managers are expected to operate with a different level of trust and professionalism. That’s why they are mangers to begin with. The other part is because it really is a much smaller percentage of managers who are actually committing theft and fraud.

That being said, I see so much more emphasis placed on running background checks and drug tests for management positions. That could be from either in house promotions, or external hires.

To me, anyway, it seems almost like it is counter productive to run those background checks while ignoring a much larger issue. There is a lack of complete background checks run for non-management employees.

There might be arguments about the additional costs incurred by running checks on everyone. I would place the counter argument that the dollars lost from even a single case of employee dishonesty can be massive.

I have seen employee theft cases reach into thousands of dollars, some even tens of thousands. How many background checks need to be run before that total reaches tens of thousands of dollars?

Run a consistent check for all employees. Keep the bad ones out before they are even considered for management.

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It is not hard to find a Background Check Company, but it can be difficult to find the right one.  Employee background checks and pre employment screening are vital to any business.  When looking for a good Background Check Company I recommend finding one that utilizes Employee background check experts.

Some companies simply push information to the local police and say they did thorough criminal background checks.  In reality a real Background Check Company will do much more than that.  They will utilize background check experts to query information from a variety of police departments and state agencies.  They can also look at financial information and other factors that may be important to paint a good picture of your potential candidate.

A reputable Background Check Company will also offer a good pre employment screening service.  The pre employment screening can cover drug testing, personality tests as well as other aptitude information.  All of these things are important when choosing to bring a stranger into your business and entrusting them with your customers, your merchandise and your money.

Today, background checks are increasingly affordable.  Modern technology makes background checks much easier which in turn makes them a more affordable service to offer.  It also makes conducing employee background checks more sensible.  If you needed to put together a bookcase would you use an old-fashioned screwdriver or a new powered screwdriver?  Most people would use the newer option since it is available and makes the job easier.  To that end, you can simply rely on the old-fashioned interview and hope you pick the right candidate (which is not an exact science) or you can also add criminal background checks and pre employment screening to improve success in this process.  The decision seems easy.

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There is a pretty big case in the media right now about a CEO of a major Internet company who has been caught lying about his qualifications on his resume. Had it not been for the background checks run by an investment firm, who knows how long this charade would have continued? It makes me wonder if anyone even would have known.

Clearly, a thorough background check was not done when this man was hired on. If it was, a simple verification of their school records would have shown that the degree they stated having, was not actually real.

It is just another reason why employee background checks are so important.

This company has been struggling in recent years, and having a CEO who was not as qualified as they originally thought may be playing its part in the company’s success. It would be impossible to say if someone else would have put the company in better standings, but to lie on a resume at the CEO level puts into question this persons scruples and trustworthiness.

It also puts into question the credentials of every other employee in this company. If the CEO can get away with a falsehood, how many other employees have either lied about their qualifications or previous work history.

Whether or not your company is struggling, every person employed must be held accountable to the standards of qualifications they have stated that they have.

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