A company must know the exact background of its employees. It is important to be aware of threats that come from people within the company itself.
Many cases of crimes committed by employees. Therefore, company management should be more attention to the selection process of candidates. Tightening in the recruitment process does not only apply to prospective employees but also employees, employee outsourcing. One way with a screening process through a detailed examination of the data.
All companies have a need to determine who the employees who will be selected, promoted, and developed. More selective screening are expected to provide assurance on the integrity, honesty, and competence of candidates. By doing well excavation will provide added value to the company. To get a good potential, it needs a good human resources (discipline, honest, responsible).
Pre Employment Screening is a pro-active steps taken by the company against the possibility of a risk because of recruiting candidates that are incorrect or less appropriate. By doing Pre Employment Screening is expected to reduce the risks that could harm the company in terms of financial, legal, and reputation. Screening is not conducted only on prospective employees, but also can be done when the company wants to promote the employee to a position that has an element of risk is different from before.
Results of Screening will show who has a good reputation and who has a bad reputation. Screening process conducted not to find out information on candidates that are negative, but also to identify strengths and to measure the ability of prospective employees concerned. This can help companies to detect as early as possible candidates which may cause harm in any form, such as reputation and finances, and not just limited to criminal prosecution.
Factors to be considered in designing an effective screening program is first detected the element in the company vulnerable to risk, especially those directly related to the position in which the prospective employee will be placed. As a result, management is encouraged to tailor a screening program that will be applied to the potential losses and security faced by the company. Application of this method provides the ability for companies to determine the level of checking is needed, while reducing the risk of loss and damage.
In the screening process, prospective employee data can be obtained from several sources, among others through the curriculum vitae, personal identity, application forms, certificates of education and others. From these data, it can be checked such as identity, educational background, professional qualifications, activities or previous employment history and criminal record.
As we know, curriculum vitae and provide very limited information about prospective employees. In fact, candidates often manipulate the data, therefore, Pre Employment Screening is appropriate steps to reduce risks that could harm the company.