Background verification process – is it really an extra cost while hiring new candidates

Have you heard the notorious case of rape by a driver of Uber cab service in New Delhi? The case has put a question mark on the background check process of the company and has cost a great damage to the brand image. This case also revealed the company’s outlook for taking background check as the dim slapdash process. However, this is not a single case of shoddy background screening of employees in a growing economy like India. Companies normally seem in a hurry to hire candidates without actually doing background screening. The results of these loop fall in the hiring process can cost a company immense loss in form of brand image and reputation in society many times. That’s why background verification should always be included as an essential part of hiring. It’s actually not expenditure but an investment to hire right candidates to contribute to the growth of company productivity. There are various kinds of background verification processes that a company can hire. In most of t...