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Today, more than ever, employers are checking driving records as a part of their overall background screening process.  While a majority of employers conducting this search are filling positions that actually involve driving – trucking, delivery, and ride-sharing, to name a few, more employers are also checking driving records in other situations.  For example, they may want to check with regard to those who may occasionally use their personal vehicles on company business, those who receive a car allowance, or even those who are not anticipated to drive for work at all. First, from a risk management perspective, this search may serve as an added level of protection for employers against lawsuits brought about if the employee is involved in a negligent car accident while driving in some capacity for his or her employer or on company time.  An employer’s ability to demonstrate that this search was conducted at the outset may provide an extra layer of insulation if th...

A background check is one of the vital tools that is used by every company to screen the authenticity of their employees. The main purpose of background checks is to protect the security of the employees in the company. These analyses are often utilized by corporations as a method of adjudicating a job applicant’s past errors, character authentication, and health issues. Background checks are also used to recognize possible hiring risks for protection and preservation reasons. Background check companies typically offer tenant and employment checks to customers, business owners, businesses and other groups. Hire Image : If we analyze the past few years, the background check industry has done well for itself. It has grown 4.8% to $3.2 billion, with a growth of 3.4% expected in the year 2019. There are several alterations that are observed in the labor market and a deterioration in rental vacancy rates over the past five years which has inc...

In our  People Lie! One Certain Truth on the Importance of Background Screening  blog, we discussed the fact that 78% of  Hire Image   hiring managers have caught lies on resumes or job applications.  Taking that one step further–how are they catching all of these lies?  The answer is generally thorough verifications. With so much attention on criminal history, Ban the Box, and marijuana laws, we sometimes lose sight of how vital verifications are in the background screening process.  As such, we thought it was time to look into verifying  Hire Image ’s Top 10 Truths about Verifications: 1. Employment Verifications are the most commonly requested type of verification. They not only can confirm dates of employment, positions, job duties, the reason for termination (in some states), and eligibility for rehire, but they can also reveal insights into the candidate’s truthfulness, loyalty, work habits, and integrity.  Additional...

While employers and human resource professionals may like to believe that all job candidates are honest about their past experience and education, this is unfortunately not the case. Resume fraud is becoming more prevalent in today’s marketplace, and it is important for employers to know if they are truly hiring who they think they’re hiring.  Hire Image  train their staff to be extremely thorough in the verification process. Applicants embellish their credentials on resumes and job applications for various reasons. In a competitive job market, individuals seek to set themselves apart from their opponents. High rates of unemployment make people desperate to stand out, and many feel one of the only ways to do this is to lie about their qualifications on their resumes. A 2012 study completed by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) found that some key reasons job seekers lie on resumes include envy of others succeeding, a lack of confidence in their j...