Background Checks: An Effective Way To Strengthen Security

Introduction

In order to test the prospective of job applicants, background check is a necessary and common phenomenon that is conducted by the employers. Background check is the process in which the records of an institution or an individual is searched for and collected. This becomes an essential task when the candidate is selected for the position that needs high trust or security like in a hospital, school, airport, financial institution and government.

Sources of Background Check

Traditionally, these checks are conducted by a government agency that charges a nominal fee for executing the service. However, in contemporary times the background check is also conducted by several private companies. The charges of the background check is depended on the information required that usually include criminal history, credit history and previous employment verification. 

The employers utilize it with the objective to evaluate the qualification of the job candidate, fitness, character and risks of hiring the professional for security and safety reasons. To provide safety and security clearance, background checks are also conducted on the potential government employees. 

In addition to this, background checks are often used to ensure that the information provided by the candidate in the application or curriculum vitae or resume are authentic. Employers require ensuring the fact that the environment of their organization is suitable for all types of employees that even prevent further employment related problems of the organization. Personnel seeking to offer service in places that requires special security concerns such as airports, trucking, and ports of entry is also required background checking.

Several types of checks

• Credit history and bankruptcy excluding credit score
• Record of criminal history
• Reference of character
• Previous employment history
• Address verification

Apart from this general checking, background check also verifies several other records, which are as following:

• Immigration and citizenship status
• Driving records
• Status of legal working
• Records of education
• Records of employment
• Records of litigation
• Records of licensing
• Financial information
• Testing Polygraph
• Records of sex offender, arrest and incarceration
• Social security number
• Military records
• Physiological, psychological, and medical evaluation and records
• Drug tests