{"id":32670,"date":"2012-04-13T01:46:43","date_gmt":"2012-04-13T06:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/articles.pcrecruiter.net\/?p=308"},"modified":"2012-04-13T01:46:43","modified_gmt":"2012-04-13T06:46:43","slug":"sourcing-candidates-cheap-insurance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcrecruiter.net\/site\/2012\/04\/13\/sourcing-candidates-cheap-insurance\/","title":{"rendered":"Sourcing Candidates is Cheap Insurance"},"content":{"rendered":"

It should be common sense by now, but it can\u2019t overemphasized: Don\u2019t scrimp on sourcing candidates, no matter what position you\u2019re looking to fill.<\/p>\n

Brad Remillard made the point again just the other day.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe you should conduct a background check on every employee you hire \u2014 from the janitor to the CEO,\u201d he wrote in a guest column for the Orange County Register<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s cheap insurance considering what\u2019s at stake, says Remillard, who has 30 years as an executive recruiter.<\/p>\n

His advice rings true. Once you bring someone into your company and hand them the keys to the front door \u2014 maybe even the safe \u2014 you\u2019re counting on that person to be honest, ethical and dependable.<\/p>\n

How you handle the information you find is up to you, but most employers would at least want to know if a potential new hire been arrested or had money troubles in the past.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt a minimum,\u201d Remillard counsels, \u201cyou should conduct a criminal background check going back at least five years and in multiple counties. Check the Department of Motor Vehicles, verify degrees and pull a credit report. If it\u2019s a public company, depending on the position, do a check with the Securities and Exchange Commission.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also suggests requiring candidates to sign release forms when they fill out applications \u2014 it lets them know right away that you\u2019ll be checking their background. It might even save you time by discouraging some who know you\u2019ll turn up issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It should be common sense by now, but it can\u2019t overemphasized: Don\u2019t scrimp on sourcing candidates, no matter what position you\u2019re looking to fill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[56],"class_list":["post-32670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-industry","tag-background-checks"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\r\nSourcing Candidates is Cheap Insurance - PCRecruiter<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcrecruiter.net\/site\/2012\/04\/13\/sourcing-candidates-cheap-insurance\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sourcing Candidates is Cheap Insurance - 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