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A Brief Understanding About The Process Of Employment Background Check

by ICrederity India Certified Background Verification Company

The best candidates in the industry are desired to be hired by any organization, but who is the best is something quite tricky to decide.

 

Organizations before hiring employees, conduct specific tests. These tests cover the checking of commercial, personal and criminal data of a candidate. It is also known as an employment background check. It is vital both for prospective job seekers and employers to understand the parameters of background checking. 

 

Process of background checking

 

A job seeker makes an application for the vacancy, and the company conducts the background check. Once done, the hiring authority must inform you about this testing in writing. But these days, organizations prefer to get the background checking done by 3rd party firms specialized in the profile. In such a scenario, the company needs to have written authorization from the job applicant to conduct the test.

 

Once you give written authorization then only, they will conduct the test. Such as the employer does not have any right to call your previous employer without your consent. In general, based on the reports of these agencies, the companies decide on hiring a person.

 

 In case if a company does not want to hire you, then they must inform you by providing a pre-adverse action disclosure. This disclosure will include the consumer report and will explain your right too. The company must give you the adverse action notice where the details of the company that conducted the employment background check are mentioned.

 

Facts that employer can check

 

The background checking process of an employee starts with the verification of social security numbers like PAN in India and extends to a thorough checking of the history. Work history, credit history, driving records, and criminal cases, etc. are checked. Besides this, there are other areas such as bankruptcy, medical records, other court cases which can also be checked, by the employers.

 

Before hiring an employee, the employer can also conduct a character check before they opt to hire the candidate. But, normally, the employer will check the background of an employee related to the job only. Suppose if you are applying for a vacancy with any bank, then the employers will check whether you have any record of embezzlement or theft. 

 

Facts which employees are not permitted to check

 

There are certain facts that an employer cannot check. These are

  • Record of bankruptcy after 10 years
  • Any civil cases or arrest more than 7 years back

 

But these restrictions do not apply to the areas where salary is at a higher range and the profile is of higher responsibility.

 

Apart from those above, the employer cannot check the school records without your consent. If you are engaged in military services, then the confidential facts, cannot be released other than in certain circumstances with written permission from the candidate. Well, if you are aware that an employment background check will be conducted on you, then you need to stay prepared for that. You should be aware of the facts that the employer might discover. Be true, to the employer in the interview as that will help you to qualify in the test.

 

iCrederity Provides highly reliable Pre Employment Screening solutions, Employee Background Verification, Educational Verification, Employment Verification, employment background check, Criminal Background Check, Pan Card Details verification, credential verification, KYC Verification  that helps in verifying and recruiting the right person for a job in Delhi Mumbai Bangalore Chennai Hyderabad.

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