Life with the Two Crazy Dogs

All the years I have been with my company, the best part of my job was being the system administrator for the company’s recruiting system.  I still wish I am part of the recruiting team, however, because of my department which does nothing but all compliance and legal stuff, recruiting is out of the picture when the company outsourced recruiting to a vendor.  My boss had to take my system administrator cum recruiting responsibilities away. 

Being in the recruiting team was fun for me.  I had the opportunity to meet other hiring managers where I can now put a face to their names.  I hear so much about them, but can’t picture what they look like.  When you are in the recruiting team, I have to deal with the background checks, too, which is also done by another vendor.  The company conducts these checks for all candidates who are offered a position with the company.  These include the last 7 years of education, employment, criminal checks, and depends on the position, driving records and credit will also be checked. 

Sentrylink.com is a site where one can conduct a check on anyone.  Like any other background check sites, if the employer intends to conduct criminal background checks, the employer needs to inform the applicant/candidate via a form that the company will be doing such pre-employment checks through a form to release their information/records to the employer.  

Having the background checks done on candidates will assist the employer if the candidates have given any false information on their application forms.  I have seen background checks come back with flags on them for criminal/driving records that were not specified by the candidates who were offered the position, or falsifying their education or prior employment.