The Trak-1 team has developed a series of materials to inform you on the necessity of background screening, how to hire with guaranteed employment ROI, and how to keep your organization safe. For more information on any of these topics, please visit http://www.trak-1.com!
Vision matters
Culture is created by the people involved
Design on paper who you want
Make it known
Ex: Aggressive, outgoing, hard working, face-to-face sales representative with HS Diploma or more and driven by making more money.
Ex: Multi-culturalupwardly mobile families with young children looking for safe housing environment and interested in being involved in creating a feeling of community. At least one of parents has college degree and has proven work history.
Identify who and how you RULE IN
Create an inclusive culture
Identify in advance how you can not just accommodate but actually create a great workplace that include people
Who are veterans, active military, etc.
Who are autistic or have other disabilities
Who are indiividuals with a prior DUI
Who are Single mothers raising children
Design it and they will come if you…
Communicate your requirements
Must pass pre-employment and ongoing random drug tests
Must have at least a HS diploma and established work history with good references
Must not have been or be disbarred or sanctioned from government contracting programs
Ability to overcome and transform your life is a huge asset to any company.
Today’s all about me world = immediate gratification, impatience, building up of self not others or the company, independence, lack of loyalty
Finding transformative and resilient people and putting them into strategic places in your company makes a difference.
How to find it?
Someone with a failure in their past
Someone willing to talk about the failure
Someone more focused on how they overcame it
Someone determined not to be stopped by any failures
Your people make (or break) your brand.
Screening firm of choice is not just a public records firm. They are your talent seeking partner.
Verify identity
Verify Address and employment history
Verify credentials
Verify education
Call former workers
Investigate gaps in employment
Front line workers matter
One bad apple will build a team of bad apples
Limiting the digging to your leaders is a huge mistake
Leadership skills exist at every level
Leader of bad or leader of good
Spending $25 more per front line worker will save you hundreds of thousands in losses (turnover, accidents, lost work time, negligent hiring, damage to persons or property, legal costs, etc.)
Identity thieves are artists at hiding the truth
Lie because of a bad past (fired for stealing)
Lie because afraid you care (undocumented aliens)
Lie because they can (white collar criminals never caught)
It takes time to uncover dead bones
Verified Reporting.
Quality people means taking time to get quality information
Instant results = more false positives
24 -72 hour delays = fewer false positives and more accurate information = verified reporting
Be patient. Seek Quality. Get Verified Reports.
Move somewhere else
Live “undetected” (under roofs of others, etc.)
Hide income and do not pay taxes
No information can mean bad information
Verify the gap explanations
From 1990s-2012 - Bright Line Tests Avoided Discrimination
Individualized Assessment Now Required by EEOC (2012)
EEOC Enforcement High with Large profile cases (EEOC vs. Pepsi, EEOC vs. BMW, EEOC vs. Dolgen Corp d/b/a Dollar General)
EEOC message =
review your hiring practices
incorporate criminal criteria into job description eligibiltiy
document decisions on case-by-case basis
eliminate scoring models
evaluate criminal records according to EEOC stds