Background Investigations

A highly respected and long running national business magazine is probably going to do an article about our company. Specifically, how we conduct background investigations and why they are so important.  Below, I outlined my reasons for wanting the article published.  

I think an article about conducting background investigations on prospective and/or current employees with sensitive positions, would be very informative.  I do not really have to sell this idea, because of several recent national examples of companies that did not do backgrounds or did an improper background, which ultimately resulted in a law suit and/or inexcusable security breach.  The security breach involved our President and an employee of Walden Security.  Walden Security has a multimillion dollar contract with the U.S. Government, or I should say, did. 

I have several clients that learned the hard way and now I do all their backgrounds.  In part because their insurance companies require it now.  Hiring the wrong person can haunt a company for years.  Our investigators are all prior law enforcement officers, and we are excellent bull shit detectors.  We conduct real in depth backgrounds on people, which are almost identical to the background investigation a police department conducts on an applicant for police officer.  Ours are broad and thorough.  We have identified critical trends in employment market.  Furthermore, EEOC’s 2012 Regulations on Criminal Background Checks has had an impact on background screening.  These are some points that separate us from other companies.  Some key points are:

1.  Backgrounds are basic risk assessment and management for any sized company or organization.  There is no excuse not to do one.   

2.  The cost involved is so minor, $65.00 an hour, compare that to the cost of litigation if the wrong person is hired.  Initial screenings can take only an hour. 

3.  Identify persons that would be the best fit for your company, ie... individual’s behavior, character, and integrity

4.  Failing to conduct a comprehensive background can result in one of the following: lower your team’s morale, hinder productivity, and even impact customer relations.

5.  Save your company the cost and time expended in finding a replacement for that poor hiring decision.

6.  Save your company money both in lost company earnings and/or expenses related to a problem employee such as unemployment compensation, confidentiality agreements, settlement payouts, that include temporary health care coverage.

7.  Some insurance companies offer a lower rate if a company does backgrounds on their employees.

8.  It's a marketing tool for a company as well.  Companies inform prospective clients that backgrounds are conducted on employees. 

9.  Offers protection to the company in the event of a law suit filed against the company. 

10.  Sets the tone of conduct and expectation of all employees within an organization.