Many companies, even those who have a good human resources department, find that they are sometimes hiring employees with checkered pasts and issues without knowing it until too late. Some potential employees have things they are trying to hide, and without due diligence, it can be next to impossible to find these problems before they affect your company in a negative way. Hiring the wrong person can be a huge waste of time for your company, and it can cost you financially as well. When you are trying to sort through all of the applicants, you need to be sure you are choosing the best employee.
Hire Investigators to Check Backgrounds
Once you are able to narrow down your candidate pool to those who you feel are the best matches for your company, you can contact an investigative company to perform a thorough background check. In addition, if there is a need to perform additional interviews, the investigators can perform those interviews for you. We have plenty of experience with interviewing and interrogating, and this can ensure you are hiring only the best, most honest employees for sensitive positions in your company. While this might not always be a necessity, it is nice to know you have the option.
Deeper Research
Some companies out there today offering investigations into backgrounds of potential employees do just a surface search. They only use the sources available online and available to the public – which is something you could have done on your own. Our investigators dig deeper and are able to use proprietary information and systems to access a database to which the public does not have access. This gives companies a better understanding of just whom they are hiring and bringing aboard their company.
While the human resources department at your company might be stellar at their job, we’re there to provide a little backup, just to make sure that the best employees become a part of your team. We can help determine whether an employee has a criminal background, the nature of the crime and the circumstances surrounding it, and more.
Social Media
Today, most people are on social media outlets, such as Twitter and Facebook. People tend to write quite a bit of information on those sites, and they share plenty of information that might be important for a company considering whether they want to hire someone or not.
For example, those who are talking bad about their current company and other employees and peers, and those who show themselves to be immature and offensive on social media will not be a good fit for most companies. The manner in which someone conducts themselves on social media is generally a good indicator of how that person is in real life. Since the information is publicly available, it is always a good idea for companies to check the social media profiles before extending an offer of employment.
The Dangers of the Wrong Employee
What is the real harm in hiring the wrong employee for your business? The sheer amount of damage employees can do is shocking. Employee theft accounts for billions of dollars in losses for companies across the United States. Hiring employees who have had arrests for assault and other violent crimes could put your current employees in danger. Hiring someone who does not know how to do the job could cause financial loss, time loss, and could actually pose a danger depending on the type of work the person is doing.
Never leave your hiring to chance. Contact us over the phone or email today so we can set up a free consultation and let you know how we can help.