Global Financial Crisis - Why it is important to screen future employees

With the Global Financial Crisis now impinging on the Australian economy, the local labour market has been provided with an injection of personnel not seen in recent years. Across many industry sectors, job losses have occurred including manufacturing, mining and finance. Large corporations have shed hundreds and in some instances thousands of Australian jobs and these numbers are set to increase in the short term based on data provided by the Federal Government. It is expected unemployment may rise to over 7% by June 2010 from its current four year high figure of 5.2% announced for February 2009. Although advertised jobs have declined over the first quarter in 2009, there are opportunities for those employers who are seeking personnel to be quite selective in the current economic climate.

Employers should be mindful of candidates applying for positions at this time and should be diligent in ensuring thorough background checks are carried out to deter fraudsters and those candidates who may not be suitably qualified or experienced for specific positions applied for.

Precise Background Services can provide numerous examples concerning candidates providing non disclosures such as criminal history record, falsifying educational qualifications by using desktop publishing and omitting information such as employment periods worked in an effort to gain employment.

Precise Background Services are available to assist employers to undertake a range of  checks ensuring candidates are suitably qualified, have the necessary experience and will ultimately be suitable to your organization. Our Precise Packages may be suitable or Contact us to discuss your specific requirements.