Top 3 Reasons for Employment Background Checks

March 2, 2022

In a world where employee turnover is often high and competition can be fierce, background screenings are an increasingly popular tool for employers to analyze both prospective and current employees. In fact, according to HR Research Institute's 2021 annual "Background Screening: Trends in the U.S. and Abroad" report, 95% of organizations with at least one US location use background screening tools. While many industries have specific screening needs, three reasons for background checks are common across nearly all employers who take advantage of them.

Ensure Employee and Customer Safety

Employees who may use illegal drugs, embezzle, commit fraud, or have unsafe driving or sex offender records can put both their colleagues and your customers at risk. Criminal background checks and driving record screenings can help ensure your workforce is as safe as possible, help ensure regulatory compliance, and reduce your liability risk.

Improve Workforce Quality

We've all heard the saying that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. Avoiding the weakest link job candidates in your organization with quality background screenings can help to keep things running smoothly and efficiently. Better performance can, of course, improve morale, employee satisfaction, and the bottom line. In addition to standard screenings, identity and credential verifications and reference checking are important tools for creating and maintaining a high-quality workforce.

Maintain Company Reputation

Word of mouth, online reviews, and other representations of your company's reputation are critical to your success, and it can take substantially greater positive results to overcome any blemishes to your corporate reputation. You can prevent many opportunities for any negative impacts by adequately screening employees and job candidates.

At Employers Reference Source, Inc., we offer high-quality, cost-effective, efficient background screening and other employer solutions to simplify and inform your hiring decisions. Contact us today to start working with our expert team.

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