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Today, basic due diligence with regards to pre-employment background screening is the
responsibility of the employer. Deceitful job candidates who lie about their credentials or
previous employment record become a liability and a potential insurance risk to their new
employer. Security professionals with years of investigative experience should conduct
these backgrounds searches because they always go beyond the contacts provided by the job
applicant to ensure the information is accurate and legitimate.
Most corporations use professional pre-employment screening companies to perform their
background searches. This allows the Human resources personnel the ability to obtain a
completely sterile report on a perspective employee. It also allows these HR personnel the
luxury of having professional investigators perform all the necessary criminal, civil, credit,
education, driving history, and other background checks that are vital to shielding their
company form a possible law suit involving negligence in their hiring practices. These
searches are all performed for a nominal fee and provide the company with accurate information
that becomes essential in the decision making process.
Since violence in the work place and in other segments of our society has become commonplace,
getting the whole picture with regards to an applicant is not only necessary, it is mandatory.
Not only do your customers have the right to be protected when entering your place of business,
the employee also has the same right to be shielded against other possible non-violent and even
violent employees. Theft, assaults, and other criminal actions, in most cases can be avoided by
the use of pre-employment background investigations. These investigations can be used to identify
a potential problem employee. Great team players, star producers, even tempered, cooperative
employees are what most employers seek. However, what looks and sounds like the perfect employee
could turn out to be disastrous, if background investigations on these individuals are waived
because of fined tuned interview skills on the part of the perspective employee. Most job
applicants that have been interviewing for a period of time will be able to listen to your
presentation with regards to your company's goals and adapt their response to your needs.
They will merely regurgitate your thoughts in their own words. This could sometimes influence
you, as the decision maker for your company, to hire this individual on the spot. Always use
caution when this type of job applicant interviews with your firm.
Companies need to know that they are hiring the employee with the skill, experience, education,
and background claimed on their job application. Due diligence investigations, conducted by
security professionals, through pre-employment screening companies are vital to this process
and provide a well developed profile of the job applicant so senior managers are able to make
the right decision during their hiring process.
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Michael J. Barbieri, Ph.D. is the Security Consultant for P.D.I. Investigations, Inc.
Clayton, Missouri. The company provides help to numerous companies nationwide with employment
screening services. P.D.I. Investigations, Inc. is a member of the Overseas Security Advisory
Council, U.S. Department of State (OSAC), The American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS),
The Council of International Investigators (CII), The British American Security Executive
Consultants Association (BASECA), and The Missouri Association of Professional Investigators
(MAPI).
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