When you are hiring a new employee there are many different factors to think about. You have to list your job opening, sift through resumes, conduct interviews, and then make a decision about who the best candidate is. One step that some people do not take during this process is having a criminal background check before offering someone a position with their company. Advanced Private Investigator & Security of Miami, FL recommends that you do not skip this step. Today we are going to discuss the reasons that you will want to include this step as part of your new hire procedures.

Background Check for Employment; What Do They Check?

Before we start talking about why you should perform criminal background checks on prospective employees it is important to know what you could possibly find when you have them done. You will be able to find out if they have had any sexual harassment charges; workplace violence issues; negligent driving; and you will be able to verify their past employment.

Employment Verification

The first reason you will want to consider having a criminal background check performed is that you can verify the data that the potential employee provided you about themselves. Too often business owners accept everything on the resume as fact. Studies show that this is not true. The 2018 HireRight report showed that 85% of employers uncovered a lie or a misrepresentation on a candidate’s resume or job application during this process. It is sad to think that so many people are dishonest but it is a truth that you need to be aware of when you getting ready to hire someone.

Increase Workplace Safety

Next up on our list is that performing criminal background checks can increase workplace safety. You may have someone come in for an interview that checks all of the boxes for the position you are looking for. Then when you perform a background check you uncover that they have caused physical harm to others in the past. If you had hired this person without doing a background check you or your other employees are being put at unnecessary risk. Running a background check can prevent this from happening by giving you the most accurate information about the individual’s past.

Help Prevent Theft & Embezzlement

Studies routinely show that most business theft is performed by someone inside the company. As a business owner you should have precautions built into your daily procedures to help prevent workplace theft. Having a criminal background check is an outstanding preventative measure to help reduce business theft in your company. If they have participated in workplace theft in the past it will show up on their criminal background check. Hiring someone that you know has not participated in workplace theft in the past will definitely give you some piece of mind about your decision.

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Hopefully this article helped you see that having Advanced Private Investigator & Security of Miami, FL perform a criminal background check on any perspective employees is definitely advantageous. For more information about this service please reach out to us.