Hiring is an essential part of an organization seeking for growth, progress and longevity. An organization needs people to engage and communicate its vision, no entity desires to be an island on its own. To sustain a vision, hiring is essential, but it comes with rigorous issues that revolves around; Who to employ? Who best fits the role? Can the employee be trusted? Does the employee possess the skill, character/experience claimed?
“95% of employers say poor hiring negatively impacts the morale of the team”.
-Research by Robert Half International
Riding with the tide without proper care in hiring process could pose a high risk in an organization or business. Mitigating risk in hiring implies strategic effort to secure and understand the pathway to foster good hiring process. This insight is supported with the following factors;
Lowering hiring risk should entail a proactive employee character/ reference background check. Verifying the character status of employee to see beyond the face value is advised to progress and protect the sanity of team spirit. This component of background check will impact the protection of corporate reputation. An employee reference background check discloses the past/previous employment status and conduct. It also informs if an employee has declared rightly about his/her experience, years of experience, job title and achievements. Who knows….? The intent of a fraudulent employee might lead to massive destruction.
A Criminal Record Background Check is well advised to arm and protect your business and reputation from costly public relations. Thoroughly screening applicants/employees for criminal record search will improve quality of hire and the chances of hiring an employee with criminal history that could pose a threat to critical sections of your business. Hiring quality personnel after a thorough criminal record history background check is beneficial to an organization’s success. It also advances corporate growth and relations.
Adopting a document fraud prevention policy; The adoption of this mitigant is a sure way to protect your organization/business from imposters. A document fraud prevention is a proactive way of conducting background checks on educational qualification, professional qualification, resume details, e.t.c; from source to deter fraudulent applicants/employees. This policy can as well be extended to prevent procurement fraud. All accompanying procurement documents should be verified to ascertain compliance with procurement policy.
In conclusion, every organization subsists as a result of the people hired within it. The choice of the people hired into an organization depends on the hiring decision of the employer. To keep sight on implementing a strategy to deter persons with non-aligning values, the above hiring risk mitigants are highly recommended to shield you and your business from imposters.
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