What is pre employment screening?
Pre employment screening is the process of carrying out background checks on potential candidates (ie, you the job seeker). It is considered (by employers, but more so by those promoting pre employment screening services) to be necessary in this day and age.
Why? Well it's like insurance.
Employers pay out a lot of money to hire employees and a bad decision can really burn a hole in their pocket. So, it's argued that by pre screening candidates, they can deter those who would try to falsify their application (with a fake background or education for example).
So what does pre employment screening involve then?
Presumably it varies from country to country (and within the US, from state to state). I had a look at a few US firms offering pre employment screening services and they included:
Search of multiple sources including, public and private records, schools, licensing bodies and former employers.
Criminal history search.
Addresses history.
Credit report.
Driving history.
Quite a lot of other stuff too!
So it seems that employers can gain quite a lot of information about candidates for a relatively low price (prices from $15).
Read more at http://www.jobseekersadvice.com/employment_issues/articles/pre_employment_screening.htm
