| If you have applied for a job and are hoping to get | | | | need to be conducted, the longer it will take. |
| through based on your competency at the interview | | | | Pre-employment checks that involve checking back a |
| only, then you need to think again. Yes, your resume | | | | number of years also take time. This could relate to |
| which talks about your experience, education, | | | | the work experience of the candidate or his |
| responsibilities handled and other aspects that present | | | | university credentials and so on. |
| you as a worthy candidate is very important and so | | | | Companies want to ensure that they provide a |
| is your performance at the interview. However, that | | | | healthy working environment to other office staff |
| is not all. Employers are pretty careful about their | | | | and do not want to take any chances with their |
| candidate selection due to problems they have come | | | | selection of a candidate. They know that any laxity |
| across with some candidates in the past and are | | | | on their part can spoil the work place. They are |
| therefore leaving no stone unturned to ensure they | | | | looking for people who have good ethics and can |
| pick the right candidate. | | | | have a positive rub off on their colleagues. |
| One of them is the pre-employment check that they | | | | Companies can also benefit from such checks in that |
| have started doing for every candidate they have | | | | they need not fear about lawsuits they would have |
| shortlisted and hope to take on board. They will of | | | | to face due to employees who have tainted |
| course take your consent to perform this check as | | | | reputations. The process of pre-employment checks |
| they want to ensure that the candidate they take is | | | | start with checking the references provided the |
| not only competent but also honest and trustworthy. | | | | educational qualifications verification, check for criminal |
| Pre-employment checks do not take a long time and | | | | records, any habits such as alcoholism, drugs and so |
| is completed usually within a matter of three to four | | | | on. The company is free to conduct such checks for |
| days. The only reason such checks get delayed is | | | | any cadre in the company and all they require is |
| usually due to some mistake in the requisition form | | | | consent from the employee. They can even do this |
| and the agency requires a clarification on the name | | | | once the employee has joined the company, though |
| and other particulars. | | | | that is not very frequent. |
| This process can also get delayed if the criminal | | | | Such checks increase the chances of the company |
| record of the person needs to be checked and if | | | | getting the right candidate and it also leads to better |
| there is a FBI check involved, it could even take a | | | | work ethics in the company. |
| month. The thumb rule is that the more checks that | | | | |