Role of third party employee verification and background checks in HR management: An overview

Abstract

Today the recruitment activities are outsourced to professional companies for searching right candidate for the job. The verification of educational and experience credentials of candidate is a key task in selection process. The background checks and verification of educational and experience credentials of potential candidate have become essential task for HR department so that the organization can avoid recruiting wrong person by any means. If no such background check is conducted or educational and experience credentials are not cross checked, company may have to pay big price. In this paper, an attempt is made to over view the practice of “Third party verification” with the help of literature review and case studies.