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| Why bother checking backgrounds? |
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| Employment background screening is
an important tool in America for companies to make informed
hiring decision. |
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| As a major emerging outsourcing hub
for the global economy, it is critical for India to screen
employment backgrounds to establish comfort levels for overseas
investors and customers seeking business opportunities in India.
Proactive steps need to be taken to inspect candidate background
to ensure that they are employable and reliable. |
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| Indian professionally managed
companies too have realized that they have to institute similar
business practices as their American counterparts. Though a
relatively new phenomenon in India, it will find increasing
acceptance especially as the country will be seeing more foreign
direct investment flow with many multinational companies setting
up shop. |
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| Background screening is important
as this exercise will go a long way in helping an employer avoid
misrepresentation of information by job seekers. Early detection
could eliminate avoidable cost to the hiring entity later on.
Outsourced background screening reduces pressures on staff and
costs. |
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| As there are no online systems for
public record searches and education and employment
verification, background screening in India and in most Asian
countries is difficult. Manual processes have to be undertaken.
The problem is accentuated if human resources departments do not
have processes in place to reply to verification requests
quickly. |
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| Challenges lies in creating a
higher level of awareness about the business and consolidating
relationships with various sources of information. A background
screening outfit has to continuously build relationships with
universities and employers over a longer time frame to ensure
timely response. Clients recognize that the collected data is
not from proven sources and thus the guarantee of accuracy of
information collected is limited. |
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