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This week's job searching tip addresses a question from one of our readers about about background checks. While many employers will hire people without them, some companies require background checks on some or all of their potential hires. QUESTION FROM A SUBSCRIBER:Q: If a person receives a job offer, and is told that there is going to be a drug test and background check, what are the items relevant in the background check? At what point can a prospective employer reject a person?- M.B.Dear M.B.,When it comes to background checks, the general rule is the background check needs to be
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The Background on Background Checks
More companies are doing background checks on potential employees these days than ever before. Why? Here are justa few of the reasons:
1. Studies show that 30-40% of all job applicants put false information on their resumes or applications, and
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Depending on your state and what type of business you are in, employee background checks may or may not be mandated by law. In businesses that deal with children or seniors, Federal law requires background checks on all employees and/or volunteers. The reasons should be obvious: the Federal government wants to ensure that those served are safe from hard and employers need to safeguard themselves against negligent lawsuits.
If an employee will be doing any type of driving for the business, it is important to know their driving history. For insurance purposes, employers need to have up-to-date information regarding the
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Whether you're hiring a CEO, a subcontractor, a babysitter, or even looking for a new tenant or roommate, you're taking a big risk. It's the nature of business unfortunately for people to go to great lengths to misrepresent themselves and thus create the need for background check resources and references.
Avoid doing business with deceptive people with these 5 key factors in mind:
1. Prepare comprehensive histories from vague or misleading responses
2. Filter fact from fiction and deal with dishonest interviewees
3. Deal with legal issues including which questions you can and cannot ask
4. Make a confident, well-researched
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Trust is something hard to come by especially if one does not
know the person. To make this happen, companies and people do
background checks on the individual to avoid being swindled or
victimized.
An example is when people apply for a job. The company has to do
a background check to see if that individual is for real or a
fraud. Human resource practioners do this by letting the
applicant fill up a form.
This usually has the name of the applicant and other details
such as where the person worked before. In the bottom, these
people ask for 3 individuals to be used as character references
that
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