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More Jobs Require Background Checks

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You may be surprised to learn that more and more employers are requiring background checks of their employees, even if those workers are in consultant, temporary or part-time positions.

What are some of these jobs that, years ago, wouldn’t have required a background check?  Take a gander:

  • Piano and voice teachers (part-time, as needed)
  • Dishwashers
  • Call center workers (outbound and inbound)
  • Cooks
  • Servers and bartenders
  • Welders
  • Dog groomers
  • Plumbers and electricians
  • Janitors
  • Recycling center employees
  • Chaplains
  • Computer technicians
  • And more

What does this tell us?  First of all, more employers are getting the picture that background checks are an important part of doing business in the 21st century.  And secondly, workers need to be prepared to undergo background screening for practically any job they apply.

We’d like to hear more from you…  What jobs have required you to undergo a background check?  Were you surprised that you had to be screened in this manner?

Virtual Employees Should Still Be Background Checked

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Do you find yourself hiring “virtual” employees, such as virtual assistants or freelance workers?  If so, you should be background checking these individuals just as you would background check someone who was coming to your organization day-in, day-out.

Surprisingly, a great deal of businesses forget to background check these types of virtual employees.  Perhaps it’s an out-of-sight, out-of-mind issue; or maybe they don’t think the virtual employee can do much harm.  But in the end, it’s short-sighted, especially in an era when the Internet allows bad press to immediately become available.

Before you ever cut a paycheck to a virtual employee (or, Heaven forbid, give him or her access to your network or customer database), find out who he or she really is with a background check.  It doesn’t have to cost much, either; it’s more of an “insurance policy” against bringing someone unacceptable into your team.

Protect your reputation — background check any and all virtual employees you may never meet in person but who are doing business under your corporate moniker.

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4 NEW Reasons to Background Check Applicants

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Think you know all the reasons to background check new hires?  Here are 4 you might not have considered!

  1. Your applicant could be lying about ANYTHING on his/her resume.  It’s true.  From dates to company names to titles… and what employer wants to spend the time ferreting that information out?  It’s better to pay a background screening company to do their job!
  2. You can tell vendors that your background check all employees.  That way, they feel safe and comfortable doing business with you.  And speaking of security…
  3. You can have a better assurance that you won’t be putting your current employees at risk by ushering a “wolf” into the fold.  And that lets you sleep at night.
  4. You can market the fact that you background screen all new hires.  This has a two-fold advantage.  First, the public knows you’re serious about safety.  And secondly, anyone who wants a job at your company will realize he/she has to pass a background check.
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    • Who Pays for Background Checks?

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    It’s an interesting question:  Who pays for background checks?

    Is it the employer?  The potential employee?  The school?  The school would-be volunteer?  The nanny?  The parents of the kids the nanny will be watching? 

    In a nutshell, the answer is a bit convoluted because it depends.

    Most employers pay for background checks themselves.  They simply consider it a cost of doing business and an insurance policy against making terrible hiring decisions.  However, there are some companies that are moving to making the possible employee pay for his or her background check; we’d suggest looking into the legality of doing so depending upon your field.

    As for nonprofit organizations, a good deal require that potential volunteers pay for their own background checks.  That way, the entity doesn’t have to use funds to do so, and they ensure that any volunteers really want to be there since they’ve already used their own monies for clearances and background screening.

    At this point, we’d really like to know your thoughts on the subject…

    Have you ever paid for a background check to be performed on you?  Would you?  Conversely, have you ever made someone pay to have a background check report run on him or her?

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