The Employee You Hired Isn’t the Employee You Have - How to Detect Workforce Risk Before It Becomes Costly

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You know who you hired. Do you know who you have now?

Pre-employment screening plays an important role in reducing hiring risk, but the risks associated with your workforce don’t disappear once someone joins your organisation.

People’s circumstances, behaviours, financial situations and risk profiles can change over time. Yet many organisations still rely on checks carried out at the point of hire, leaving potential risks to go unnoticed long after an employee has joined.

In this webinar, we’ll explore how employee rescreening, continuous workforce screening and ongoing background checks can help organisations take a more proactive approach to workforce risk.

We’ll look at when and why organisations should consider rescreening employees, which checks may be appropriate at different stages of the employee lifecycle, and how to identify changes that could create new risks.

You’ll learn:

Why pre-employment screening is only the starting point for managing workforce risk
How employee circumstances and risk profiles can change over time
When rescreening makes sense and which checks to consider
How continuous screening can help identify emerging risks earlier
How to build a proportionate, risk-based approach to ongoing workforce screening
How organisations can maintain trust and confidence beyond the point of hire

Join us to discover how continuous workforce screening can help you stay ahead of emerging risk, protect your organisation and maintain trust throughout the employee lifecycle.

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Rob Priest

Head of Sales (EMEA)

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FAQs

What background check do I need?

This depends on the industry and type of role you are recruiting for. To determine whether you need reference checks, identity checks, bankruptcy checks, civil background checks, credit checks for employment or any of the other background checks we offer, chat to our team of dedicated account managers.

Why should employers check the background of potential employees?

Many industries have compliance-related employment check requirements. And even if your industry doesn’t, remember that your staff have access to assets and data that must be protected. When you employ a new staff member you need to be certain that they have the best interests of your business at heart. Carrying out comprehensive background checking helps mitigate risk and ensures a safer hiring decision.

How long do background checks take?

Again, this depends on the type of checks you need. Simple identity checks can be carried out in as little as a few hours but a worldwide criminal background check for instance might take several weeks. A simple pre-employment check package takes around a week. Our account managers are specialists and can provide detailed information into which checks you need and how long they will take.

Can you do a background check online?

All Veremark checks are carried out online and digitally. This eliminates the need to collect, store and manage paper documents and information making the process faster, more efficient and ensures complete safety of candidate data and documents.

What are the benefits of a background check?

In a competitive marketplace, making the right hiring decisions is key to the success of your company. Employment background checks enables you to understand more about your candidates before making crucial decisions which can have either beneficial or catastrophic effects on your business.

What does a background check show?

Background checks not only provide useful insights into a candidate’s work history, skills and education, but they can also offer richer detail into someone’s personality and character traits. This gives you a huge advantage when considering who to hire. Background checking also ensures that candidates are legally allowed to carry out certain roles, failed criminal and credit checks could prevent them from working with vulnerable people or in a financial function.