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Background Checks – Important for Foster Parent Placements

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In America, there are over half a million children waiting to be placed into foster parents’ homes; not surprisingly, agencies that find and support would-be foster parents are constantly looking for people who are willing to open their residences to kids who need them.  But it’s important for prospective foster parents to realize that they should be background checked to ensure that they are a good match for this important role.

 

Unfortunately, we’ve all heard hair-raising stories about foster parents that make the foster care system sound as if it’s been overlooking background checks in a flurry to get anyone and everyone into the foster parenting role.  While this is certainly understandable on some level, it can have disastrous results, especially for the innocent children.

 

Of course, background checks alone are not guarantors of successful foster parents.  Those who pass background checks also must have a strong amount of commitment, patience and love to weather the storminess that comes with foster parenting territory.  They must also take courses such as CPR training, sit through special classes and undergo medical physicals that test for communicable diseases like TB.   

 

However, background checking can and will add more than a modicum of protection for the youngsters who are so often in American-based foster homes for 1-5 years

 

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Why We Love Background Screening… and You Should, Too!

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Sure, background screening is our business… so of course we love it!  But if you own your own business, you should really love it, too!

Why should you become such a fan of the background screening process?  Check out these reasons:

1.  It Saves You Tons of Money

Have you ever made the wrong hiring choice?  Then you know how tragic that can be for your bottom line!  Performing regular background checks decreases those “oops” decisions.

2.  Background Screening Isn’t Expensive

If you’ve heard people say anything to the contrary, know that they have their facts wrong.  At VerifyProtect, we make sure that our background screening is affordably priced for everyone from the one-person shop to the multi-million dollar company.

3.  You Don’t Have to “Guess” as to an Applicant’s Background

Though there’s nothing wrong with having a “gut” instinct, it’s critical that you don’t rely on it 100% of the time!  And background screening makes it easy for you to find the facts rather than relying on how you feel about someone.

Would Background Checking Applicants Benefit Online Dating Services?

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If you’ve ever been set up on a really bad blind date, you know how valuable it would have been to had that date “screened”, at least informally.  But how about formally?

There’s a move afoot to encourage online dating services to background check their applicants in order to better serve the customers looking for friendship, love or companionship. 

Would background checks actually help?  We definitely think so — check out these top three advantages to online dating sites’ comprehensively screening clients:

→ There would be a smaller, but stronger, pool of candidates from which to choose.

→ The online dating company could ask for a premium price.

→ The clients of online dating sites would feel more comfortable with this kind of “cyber dating” knowing that part of the worry has been erased.

This isn’t to say that background checking would be a cure-all for every concern a dater has.  But it could produce huge advantages for both the clients and the company. 

We’ll keep you posted if/when we learn of an online dating service that’s switched over to background checks! 

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    • Both Employees AND Employers Benefit from Background Screening

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    There are some people who erroneously believe that background screening is somehow a “pain” or “irritation” for employees.  But that truly isn’t the case, especially when it comes to the best workers. 

    Below are five reasons that good potential hirees love background checks as much as employers do:

    1.  If an applicant has kept a great record, he or she will have nothing to hide.  And that means that there will be no surprises or secrets.

    2.  An applicant will know that the pool of possible candidates may shrink thanks to background screening measures.

    3.  A job candidate will know that the employer is serious about keeping the workplace safe and secure.

    4.  A potential employee will feel that the company is investing in his or her future with the organization; after all, background screening does involve an investment of money and time.

    5.  A great candidate will always love to have someone check him or her out because a clean record definitely reiterates how devoted he or she is to being a straight-up, honest worker.

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    • Can You Spot the Bad Job Candidate?

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    If you’re new to hiring, you may be concerned about interviewing people.  To be sure, it doesn’t come easily for everyone.  In fact, many “red flags” are overlooked throughout the interview process.

    What are some of those common “flags”?  Below are a few of the biggies:

    1.  Not returning phone calls.

    If you contact someone to discuss a potential interview and they don’t call you back within 24-48 hours, that could be a huge sign of how they’ll operate in the work world.

    2.  Showing up late for the interview.

    If they can’t make it to the interview on time, it’s doubtful they’ll be conscientious enough to show up for work every day on time.

    3.  Bringing others to the interview.

    If your job candidate brings his/her child(ren), parent(s), friend(s), significant other or spouse to a job interview, it’s a done deal that he/she doesn’t “get it”.

    4.  Answering a cell phone during an interview.

    This should go without saying, but in today’s day and age, it’s becoming more and more of a problem.  (Texting during an interview goes hand-in-hand.)

    5.  Avoiding answering your questions.

    If you’re hearing a lot of jargon and “filler” from a candidate, you probably aren’t getting straight answers.  That’s a sign that he/she knows the real answers wouldn’t sound so attractive.

    What are some of your “bad job candidate” stories?  We’d love to hear them!

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