This presentation shows the importance of check the Criminal Background of your candidates following a structured job interview.

1. CRIMINAL BACKGROUND
CHECKS IN SELECTION PROCESS
TOP REASONS TO CONDUCT BACKGROUND CHECKS
To protect employees, customers, etc.
To improve quality of hires
Mandated by law/regulation
To Protect Company Reputation
To prevent and/or reduce theft
violence or other criminal activity

2. CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS
Where can I find criminal
records?
 Court Records
 Law Enforcement and Corrections
 Registries or Watch Lists Agency
Records
 State Criminal Record Repositories
 The Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI)
What type of Information
can I find?
 Arrests
 Incarceration
 Probation
 Paroles
 Warrants
 Sex Offenders

3. CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS
Should HR conduct a Criminal
Background Check by itself?
Generally, it is not practical for employers to
perform criminal background checks in-house.
There are service providers whose business is
to conduct background screening for
employers. They are better equipped to
conduct thorough and accurate background
screening.

4. 1. Don’t ask Criminal Records
on the Application
Learn about the criminal
record as late as possible in
hiring process, not at the
beginning.
2. Conduct and Individualized
Assessment
Employers need to consider
the applicant’s entire record,
of which the conviction is
only one component.
How to take hire decisions based on CRIMINAL
BACKGROUND CHECKS

5. 3. Consider only convictions
and pending prosecutions
Americans are considered
innocent until proven guilty.
Do not consider arrests unless
prosecution is still pending and
the crime is job related.
4. Consider convictions that
are only relevant to the job
in question
Not all convictions create a
risk in every job.
Ask yourself if the job present
an opportunity for the type of
behavior involved in the
conviction
How to take hire decisions based on CRIMINAL
BACKGROUND CHECKS

6. 5. Consider only convictions
recent enough to create a
risk
The longer a person goes
without committing a new
offense, the less likely it is that
that they will do so.
6. Give the applicant the
opportunity to review the
record
Normally reports have errors.
Before making a no-hire decision,
give the applicant a chance to
review the report to identify any
incorrect information or provide
relevant context
How to take hire decisions based on CRIMINAL
BACKGROUND CHECKS