WHY SHOULD I DO PRE-EMPLOYMENT SCREENING?
Pre-employment screening provides an easy to implement, cost effective means for you to protect your company and it's reputation from the real damage that can arise from a poor hiring decision.

By not thoroughly checking a candidate's background, you are taking a risk. If your new employee proves to be unqualified, inexperienced or untrustworthy, consider the damage that may arise. The increased financial costs relating to firing and re-hiring can be substantial, and your company's performance, culture and morale can be negatively impacted. What if your new employee proves to have a history of fraud or violence? By placing them in certain roles, you may be putting your company's assets, employees and reputation at risk.

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF PRE-EMPLOYMENT SCREENING?
Pre-employment screening provides you with the facts, enabling a fair and consistent selection process.

There are five key benefits of Pre-employment screening. They are:

• Lowers the overall cost of hiring. Pre-employment screening is a sound investment when you consider the financial cost and damage that can be caused by an incorrect hiring decision.
• Improves the quality and certainty of your hiring process. Relying on superficial reference checks is no longer enough. Pre-employment screening discourages applicants with something to hide, and it gives employers the information they need to make an informed hiring decision.
• Reduces attrition through improving the quality of the hiring decision.
• Improves business performance and culture. Who and how you hire directly impacts every aspect of your business. Care taken in the hiring process projects and protects a favourable company image.
• Deters internal fraud. By exposing dishonesty and reinforcing a culture of integrity, pre-employment screening is an effective first step in fraud prevention.
• Reduces the risk of legal action. Across the world, employers are increasingly being held accountable for the harmful actions of employees in costly and damaging "negligent hiring" legal actions.

WHY OUTSOURCE TO FIRST ADVANTAGE?

• We are experienced and have the organisational knowledge, expertise and relationships with data source providers to access information.
• We provide comprehensive, accurate, fast and consistent reports.
• We have the ability to conduct checks internationally.
• We are totally independent and unbiased.
• Outsourcing frees up your time, enabling your hiring managers and HR professionals to focus on other high value activities.
• Due to our organisational, organisational structure and technology, we have the ability to handle large and fluctuating volumes of background checks.

DO I RISK OFFENDING APPLICANTS WITH THIS SCREENING PROCESS?
Good applicants will value working with qualified co-workers in an honest and open environment. A pre-employment screening check not only benefits your company as a sound business practice, it also benefits all of your employees through the creation of a positive working environment. Moreover, we understand that the information we are verifying is sensitive. We treat each applicant's information with the utmost respect and keep all information in the strictest confidence.

IS IT LEGAL?
First Advantage fully complies with all applicable legislative requirements, including the Privacy Act and Privacy Principles.

HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE?
Most packages will be completed within 6 business days or less. Some components will be completed within 2 days or less. Whilst we will make every effort to complete a report as quickly as possible, there may be times when we are dependent upon a third party organisation to respond to our request.