What is the Importance of Background Checks?

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by: Brigette Federico
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Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 Time: 6:16 AM
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These days, you can never be too careful. People aren’t always who, or what, they say they are, and as such it can often be hard to trust them. This seed of doubt can have an even bigger impact for employers looking to hire someone, and that’s why conducting background checks is such an important step in the hiring process.

Conducting background checks allows managers to be 100% convinced that the candidate is trustworthy. It weeds out the liars who may have embellished their CVs and lets them be absolutely convinced that the chosen employee is the one for the job, without any need to worry that the wrong decision was made.

During such checks the history of the candidate is thoroughly scrutinised with everything from employment history to education being checked up on, and let’s not forget the more serious options such as eligibility and criminal records checks. These checks make absolutely certain that the candidate can be trusted, and if they’ve got undisclosed convictions or aren’t eligible to work in the UK they won’t be able to get a foot in the door.

Not only do background checks erase any doubt that the candidate is suitable, but they can also save businesses an awful lot of money. Hiring someone is a costly affair with costs quickly mounting up, and after spending up to £10,000 to hire an employee no-one then wants find that they’ve made the wrong choice.

So, background checks really are incredibly important considerations for all businesses. They allow managers to be absolutely certain that the candidate is the one for the job, in terms of their experience and education as well as their honesty and reliability, and can also save employers thousands of pounds. So, all managers out there need to remember to never overlook this most important of steps, as it can have a huge impact on the success of the business