{"id":258,"date":"2006-08-25T12:08:53","date_gmt":"2006-08-25T17:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/?p=258"},"modified":"2006-08-25T12:08:36","modified_gmt":"2006-08-25T17:08:36","slug":"background-verification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/08\/background-verification\/","title":{"rendered":"Background Verification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In an article on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salary.com\/home\/layoutscripts\/homl_display.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Salary.com<\/a> titled &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salary.com\/advice\/layoutscripts\/advl_display.asp?tab=adv&#038;cat=nocat&#038;ser=Ser420&#038;part=Par638\" target=\"_blank\">Can Your Credit Report Hurt You in An Interview?<\/a>  An interesting statistic popped out at me &#8211; only 1 out of 5 small to medium-sized businesses run any form of background verification. 20%! I was shocked that the number is so low.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Soap box time:  If you are not already completing some form of background verification, start with your next hire and all subsequent hires.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A true story to illustrate my point. Roughly 2 years ago, we were working with a client that was impressed with a candidate&#8217;s ability to close the deal (ask for and start the job). They liked him so much that they allowed him to begin work before they received the results of his background verification.<\/p>\n<p>They received the new employee&#8217;s report on his first day on the job. Here is what they discovered:<\/p>\n<p>-He had <strong>not<\/strong> been working for over 2 months.  He told our client he was currently working and may have to give 2 weeks notice. Lo and behold, he told them his &#8220;employer&#8221; allowed him to quit without notice and start immediately with our client.<\/p>\n<p>-His driver&#8217;s license had been revoked some time ago even though driving was required for this position. His record contained multiple DWI&#8217;s and other violations.<\/p>\n<p>-His credit report indicated a pattern of maxed credit and delinquent\/closed lines of credit.<\/p>\n<p>The result was that our client ended up firing this person for lying on his resume <em>on his first day<\/em>. Our customer was more than generous and provided a 2 week severance for this person who lasted less than 1 day. All of this nonsense could have been avoided if they would have followed their own hiring process. The lesson here is to first run background verifications. For all potential employees. Secondly, complete the verification <em>before<\/em> you hire the candidate.<\/p>\n<p>If you are looking for a company that provides this service, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/www.verifiedcredentials.com\" target=\"_blank\">Verified Credentials<\/a>.  We do not provide this service but have seen the thoroughness of Verified&#8217;s reports and they are top notch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an article on Salary.com titled &#8211; Can Your Credit Report Hurt You in An Interview? An interesting statistic popped out at me &#8211; only 1 out of 5 small to medium-sized businesses run any form of background verification. 20%! I was shocked that the number is so low. Soap box time: If you are not already completing some form of background verification, start with your next hire and all subsequent hires. A true story to illustrate my point. Roughly 2 years ago, we were working with a client that was impressed with a candidate&#8217;s ability to close the deal (ask for and start the job). They liked him so&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/08\/background-verification\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6,2,16,15,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assessing","category-hiring","category-hiring-salespeople","category-sourcing","category-trends"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-4a","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":431,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/11\/verification-statistics\/","url_meta":{"origin":258,"position":0},"title":"Verification Statistics","author":"Lee Fratzke","date":"November 9, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"You have seen multiple posts from us here at The Hire Sense on background verification and it's importance in the hiring process. This morning as I was scanning through some online content, I came across some statistics from Verified Credentials on verification discrepancies. 10% of criminal background searches contain discrepancies\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hiring&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hiring","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1368,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/01\/the-greatest-risk-when-hiring\/","url_meta":{"origin":258,"position":1},"title":"The Greatest Risk When Hiring","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"January 8, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I propose that it is hiring new employees without performing a thorough background verification.\u00a0 Think of the implications if you are wrong.\u00a0 The outcomes can be the ultimate dealbreaker in that they can end a company's existence.\u00a0 With the stakes that high, it never ceases to amaze me that companies\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hiring&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hiring","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1072,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/07\/a-thorough-verification\/","url_meta":{"origin":258,"position":2},"title":"A Thorough Verification","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"July 16, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"We are strong proponents of candidate assessments as you know from reading our blog.\u00a0 There is another aspect of successful hiring that we advocate and that is thorough background verifications.\u00a0 We have numerous customers who conduct employment, education, credit and drug verifications. In case you wondered why, Foxnews.com offers this\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hiring&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hiring","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1034,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/06\/top-5-candidate-lies\/","url_meta":{"origin":258,"position":3},"title":"Top 5 Candidate Lies","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"June 26, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"CareerBuilder offers up the 5 most common candidate lies in this article.\u00a0 They bring up a good point in that 85% of all companies perform some type of candidate verification.\u00a0 Surprisingly, candidates continue to embellish or falsify their information. 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