Engaging a background check they say makes good business sense, but a vast majority of employers and recruiters tend to ask, what is the logic in this? This has led to a massive discord, due to conflicting opinions, leaving people with different thoughts and responses. As for the aforementioned asked, what is the real sense in business when an employee liability strips you of your fund (financial earning), peace of mind, mental and business sanity for downplaying the impact of a background check? What is the essence of a business plan that considers all other risk factors but overlooks the employment risk factor, and background check as it is a key solution to mitigate such risk.
The need for background check is highly crucial for business safety and it shows good business acumen to foster corporate sanity, and to achieve targeted goals. Background checks make good business sense, while to others, the high financial earning is the real sense. Making profit is good but surmounting possible employment risk to achieve targeted goals in an organization through background checks is a solution that makes the best sense. Like the saying goes “better safe than sorry” in other words its better to take safety measures than unnecessary risk. The crux of the matter is; making profit is enticing but the icing on a cake is to always adopt background checks and due diligence in recruitment and business deal. Without conducting background checks in your organization, there are possible risks you are susceptible to.
⦁ Falsehood
Times are getting tough, leaving people to express all forms of character. At this point, the sufficiency of relying on instinct will never be enough in hiring process. Refusal to prompt an appropriate background check in your hiring process could be of great risk. Hiring someone with false claim could be of adverse effect to your workforce and team spirit. Candidates with false and misrepresenting documents and intent are threats to a company’s corporate culture. The intent of such person(s) are never genuine. The slightest opportunity for them could be a lot more destructive to a company’s vision. Such falsehood is never beneficial to the growth of an organization that desires qualified personnel to aid in its growth instead of a liabilities to its growth plan.
⦁ Loss of Revenue
The quality of staff in an organization is a contributor to its profitability and longevity. To ignore the relevance of a background check in your recruitment process could be detrimental. What is the benefit of a wolf in sheep’s clothing within your business when his /her fraudulent personal interest outweigh the company’s interest? To be in denial that background check is irrelevant to your business is like having a time bomb waiting to express its impact.
A proactive background check would be beneficial to ensure that an organization understands the risk of hiring a candidate considered for sensitive responsibility e.g financial information, treasury and corporate confidential matters e.t.c. through a Financial Responsibility Check (Credit Check), Criminal Record Check, Character Check, Media Search and Reference Check. To be proactive with background check is like a forecasted reaction to secure your corporate vision. Background Screening is a necessity, and not an option.
⦁ Reputational Loss
The failure of a company to live up to its billing by downplaying on the impact of background check will be revealed in the quality of its hiring process. The quality of staff plays a vital role in the management of your company’s reputation. Relying on instinct could attract potential employees with non-aligning values, and such negative value could play a high destructive impact on your reputation, workforce and customer at large. The negative value in such employee can be massive.
“It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.”
Benjamin Franklin.
A prompt and proactive background check solution is mandatory to protect and mitigate reputational risk. Having the knowledge of a potential employee from his/her previous employer can point your attention to the employee’s previous conduct before you hire. Background Check should be an integral part of your employment process to protect you from risk, and secure your interest to achieve business success.
Partnering with Clearline Background Fact can help you stay proactive and navigate issues with the potential to put your company at risk. We are positioned to help you with our services: Criminal Record Check, Educational Qualification Check, Past/Previous Employment Check, Reference Check, Residential Address Confirmation, Media Search, Credit Check and Due Diligence e.t.c.
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