Employee Background Screening is conducted by 96 percent of the U.S. organisations while 89 percent of companies conduct employee verification to make the workplace safer for customers and other employees. There has been a 500 percent increase in eEmployee background verification on the social media in the past decade.Employee background verification helps employers make the right hiring decisions which can go a long way towards mitigating workplace thefts, violence resulting in injuries, data or material theft and sexual harassment incidents.

As the rise in new career there is rise in fraudulent resumes .Given the stiff competition, many candidates resort to glorifying their resumes to increase their chances of being hired. Many candidates inflate their salary slips in the hopes of bagging a lucrative offer, while others claim false designations to jump up the corporate ladder,some even go to a extent to claim false education and skills background.

Main reasons of BGV failure

1. Mismatch of information given in resume to the actual fact
2. No response from the previous employment reference.
3. Incorrect tenure mentioned and non-availability of documents.
4. Forged or fake education documents were also common as revealed during the employment checks or education checks.

Employee background verification can send out potential wrong hires while helping companies make evidence-based information when it comes to promotions or partnerships.