Background Checks

Canadian Background Check: Learn More About Background Checks In Canada

A manager in a Canadian company was heard to say, "You must screen a candidate well enough before you hire him." If this statement sounds like you, you are a prime candidate to have successful hires, since you are taking advantage of Canadian background checks. With many countries screening their employees before they join them, Canada is no exception. The Canadian background check system is very exhaustive in the way they conduct their background checks.

Influenced by recent statistics that nearly 7% of the candidates who have passed all the rounds of their interviews have criminal records, more and more companies in Canada are adopting the system of criminal background check. That coupled with the fact that approximately 30% of the candidates lie on their resumes with close to 25% presenting fake educational qualifications has forced Canadian companies to do a very rigorous background check on their employees.

Canada background checks involve the following items:

• Past employment check - To check if the employee has quoted all his work experiences correctly in his resume. A lot of companies have started checking if the candidate has deliberately missed on any work experience in his resume due to reasons best known to him.
  
  
• Credit check - To check if the candidate has a list of financial liabilities. This check assumes more significance in companies wishing to select candidates who have strong financial backgrounds.
  
  
• Criminal Records Check - To check if the candidate has ever been convicted of any crime. An employee who may be skilled enough to do the job but who has a negative criminal profile may be potentially hazardous for your company as he may be the leader in scandals, assault cases etc which may degrade your company's image.
  
  
• Past Reference Check - To check the candidate's behavior with his immediate supervisor. More often than not, it is the candidate's immediate supervisor who can give an accurate picture how the candidate's behavior was when he worked with them. An added dimension to Past Reference checks is 360 degrees feedback where the candidate's profile is checked with his peer, his subordinate and his manager.

There are more aspects to a background check conducted by a Canadian employer on his candidate, but to my mind, these are the Top 4 checks in their what-to-do lists in a background checks.

As for Criminal Records, the databases of state, local and federal criminal databases are checked thoroughly if the candidate has committed a crime. There are many companies who help you doing the background checks on candidates. These companies charge you a very small fee which you would not mind paying as in return what you get is a tangible evidence of how fit the candidate is to join your company. And considering the importance of turn around times in results, these companies do their best in getting the results to you in the shortest possible time.