Pre-employment screening has become a vital part of maintaining workplace integrity and sanctity. Employers understand the growing need of professional pre-employment services; improper background checks could result in serious ramification to the companies however small and large.

Gone are the days, when employees were hired on the basis of the interview conducted and few phone calls to previous employers, in today's times, proper background checks are conducted; their documents are properly verified and hence they are hired.

Pre-employment screening is an effective process of carrying out background checks on the potential jobseeker, so that he can't falsify his application, moreover, employers shell out a lot of money and a bad decision can make the employment process costly for them.

Various firms give pre-employment screening services and these services include the whole gamut of pre-employment screening tests which includes:

(1) Authentication from school, private & public records, and former employers.

(2) Criminal history record.

(3) Address history record.

(4) Driving history.

(5) Medical history record.

The most common tests conducted by the employers include psychometric testing, background checks which includes criminal, address and driving history; and drug testing to determine the background and identity of the prospective jobseeker.

The employers can also outsource pre-employment screening services, hiring an outsider helps in getting accurate and complete information on the prospective job seeker. It is advisable that the employers gather requisite information before hiring or outsourcing pre-employment services.

Fake degrees and certificates have flooded the Indian Job Market, every enterprise witness's fraudsters who try to get jobs not on their merit, but on the merit of their fake certificates and degrees.

To check this menace pre-employment screening has become the need of the hour, an enterprise wants to have the best talent but when an imposter surfaces under the guise of fake certificate than the goodwill of the company goes for a toss.

For maintaining credibility and authenticity of the job seeker these tests have to be conducted hence, helps in retaining the talent that is appropriate for the position stated.

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