As it’s early in the New Year, I’m sure that many of you are busy recruiting new employees.

Given this, I thought today would be a good chance to go over the benefits of having a thorough pre-employment screening process in place – and how it can help you recruit the right employee for the job.

After all, no-one wants the hassle of hiring the wrong person and having to go back to the drawing board!

Here are 5 reasons why implementing pre-employment screening is a good idea:

1.  Fairness. A structured and consistent pre-employment screening process ensures that each applicant goes through the same process. This ensures (as best you can) an objective, consistent treatment for all candidates and is also a key principle in anti-discrimination legislation.

2.  Accuracy of selection. If each applicant is evaluated against pre-determined selection criteria, it is much easier for you to compare candidates for a role.

3.  Protecting your brand and reputation. If you use a consistent pre-employment screening process, potential candidates are more likely to be confident of your professional standards in recruitment and selection.

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4.  Reducing your risk. Screening processes are required to be valid and reliable in a legal sense. As such, by implementing a consistent pre-employment screening process, you will reduce your risk of breaching relevant laws when recruiting new employees.

5.  Higher productivity. An effective pre-employment screening process will also help you to select the right candidate for the job. The more suited an employee is to a role, the more quickly they will adapt to your organisation’s culture, job tasks and work environment. This equates to higher productivity levels for your business in the long and short term.

For more information on important steps in the recruitment process, keep an eye out for Friday’s Bulletin.

Charles is going to go over what job analysis is and why it is so important to the recruitment process.

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