Senior Management Screening For Increased Profitability

By Author: Naman Vohra
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Each career oriented person aspires to reach the top management level. All throughout their ambitious career, they work hard to reach those much coveted positions. It is because reaching top management means lot of power and authority to take decisions on behalf of the company, access to confidential information, fancy salary and designation with lot of social respect attached to it.

This sort of importance attached to the position makes it pertinent for the company to be extra cautious while taking someone on-board. Not only is it important, but there are many benefits attached to getting a thorough background check done. Since the senior executive is going out to handle a lot of classified information, verification should be done to make sure that all that information is going into safe and trustworthy hands. Company will also be able to give the responsibility to a verified executive readily of bringing in the right team members. In short, a thorough background verification of CXOs and top management executives will help in taking an informed hiring decision and in reducing the costs and risks involved in bad hiring.

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... process of top level executive background verification in India is not just like verification of just any employee. There are many layers in this verification process which is typically done discreetly. The various layers include past employment check, reference check, address check, education verification, database check, identity check, credit history check and overseas verification.

During education check, it is made sure that whatever educational qualification have been stated by the candidate is true to its core. Same is the case with address check and employment check, the only difference being in the number of past employers or past landlords that need to be verified. Database check is one process in which the candidate's name is searched in police records, court records, Indian and/or global regulatory authorities' databases, as well as Indian and/or Global compliance and criminal databases. It is also important to carry out a credit history check by way of conducting a search in Indian credit and integrity risk database. There might be other sort of verifications that need to be carried out by virtue of the job position in question.

Just to reiterate, it is important to get background verification done for the top notch executive as this would be in the interest of the company. Hiring the right and verified candidate will make sure that the employer gains from his endeavours and does not become a victim of employee fraud.

~Naman is associated with a leading background screening company that specializes in Background Check