As an employer, it’s important to ensure that your employees are not only qualified for the position, they also don’t have any sort of a criminal background. Applicant screening for any position is easy enough to do, but many employers are afraid that the costs don’t outweigh the benefits. Knowing what your new employee may have in his or her past can be a good indicator of what they’ll be like in the future. While you can take a risk, ensuring that your future employee will be responsible and reliable is always a good idea.
Back in the 60’s and 70’s, background checks were not nearly as common as they are today. Employees were generally faithful to the company they worked for because work was often hard to come by for skilled professionals and taking a risk to screw it up wasn’t worth it. Nowadays, jobs are a lot more dispensable, so employers have it in their best interest to do their homework about employees to see if they’re really in it for the long haul.
In addition to being able to background check a future employee, employers can also do social security number verification to ensure that a person is who they claim to be. Companies like Tenant Screening Services, LLC are able to perform comprehensive background searches on individuals to ensure they’re not only a good tenant, but also a good future employee. You may discover an employee’s criminal history when you perform a background check, which will give you reason to not hire them in some right to work states.