Pre-Employment Screening is the process of thoroughly verifying the educational and professional qualifications and employment history of a job applicant and conducting a search of appropriate public records in order to ascertain any information which is relevant to his or her application. The results of the process are drawn from public information sources and are fully documented and auditable.

Human Resources professionals spend a lot of their valuable time dealing with the repercussions of unsuccessful hires, which may include:

• Low productivity
• Negligent hiring lawsuits
• Fraud and dishonesty by employees
• Disruptive staff members
• Poorly performing staff members
• Unqualified staff members

A comprehensive, systematic, consistent, objective, well documented Pre-Employment Screening Program, will address the above issues by providing a comprehensive background on the working performance and suitability for hiring of an individual.

A DataFlow screening program will include:

1. Verification of Educational and Professional Qualifications,
2. Verification of employment history, and
3. Public record searches including proscribed lists issued by global governments, financial regulatory information, political exposure, criminal records (where they are publically available) and general background research aimed at fully identifying your potential hire.

We have conducted tens of thousands of checks in over 150 countries and territories and, due to our global network developed over more than a decade of work in the background screening industry, can assure our clients of the fastest turnaround time in the industry.

Frequently asked questions regarding DataFlow's Pre-Employment Screening Program:

• Is screening expensive? - Compared to the cost of recruitment, advertising, executive search and training the cost of screening is very inexpensive (often less than one day's salary cost). When compared to the cost of an inappropriate, disruptive, dishonest, unqualified or unproductive member of staff the cost of screening is the best bargain in the corporate world. Dataflow will tailor a screening program to your level of risk and your budget.
• Is Screening legal? - Yes. Prior to Screening being initiated the applicant is asked to sign a form authorizing the Screening. Only public domain information is accessed thus ensuring that the whole process is open, legal and transparent. Privacy guidelines support screening as long as it is authorised.
• Should All Employees be Screened? - Some organisations screen only senior or high risk positions and others screen all employees. Secretaries have access to virtually all the information that their bosses do and even messengers are also often entrusted with valuable information. Computer technicians should be considered high risk as they have access to the IT backbone of the organisation. Technical and professional staff such a nurses, doctors, lab technicians, engineers, IT consultants and airport/airline technicians should be thoroughly screened to ensure they are properly qualified. Failure to do so would risk catastrophic legal action if things went wrong.
• What is the depth of Information provided by DataFlow? - We provide access to the largest range of informational resources from around the globe. From proscribed lists issued by the US and EU governments to financial regulatory information from China and criminal checks in India we offer more sources of information than anyone else. In addition, we are constantly developing our own proprietary sources such as "CrossCheck360", a unique database which counts among its datasets the enforcement records of international financial regulators. Our unique "DegreeMill" database contains details of hundreds of "paper" universities that sell degrees and diplomas by mail or over the net.