Businesses are continually faced with the challenge of hiring an employee based on an interview and a resume. You can make a more informed decision by checking out their background first and save thousands of dollars from potential liabilities.

Why should you screen your employees with an employee background check?

• 67% of criminals released from prison in 1994 were re-arrested for at least one serious crime within the next three years (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 6/2/02)
• The National Crime Victimization Survey, released by the U.S. Department of Justice in December of 2001, analyzed workplace violence from 1993 to 1999. On average, 1.7 million violent incidents per year were committed against employees at work.
• Nearly 60% of sex offenders are under conditional supervision (probation or parole) in the United States. (Bureau of Justice Statistics)

Small and mid-sized businesses are particularly vulnerable without an employee background check.

Small businesses are the most susceptible to employee fraud, according to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. In a small company, a single employee tends to have a large amount of responsibility and a small amount of managerial oversight. Obtaining access to sensitive information or the company’s finances is not very difficult for employees within smaller businesses. Businesses with less than 100 people are more likely to incur fraud losses than companies with more than 10,000 employees. According to the 2002 Report to the Nation on Occupational Fraud, the average loss for a small business is $127,500 and the average loss for a large company is $97,000. Victims recover less than 25% of their losses in about half of all cases filed.

Hiring the right people is more important than ever before. In fact, hiring the right people with the right skills can make a difference to your organization and ultimately to your company's financial success.

The cost of making poor hiring decisions is evidenced in high turnover, disgruntled employees and poor productivity. These operational pit falls have devastating impact on the ability to grow your business and create a work environment that is stimulating, efficient and effective.

Northeast Claim Service offers several assessment tools designed to improve your ability to select the right candidate and ultimately impact your employee retention, employee satisfaction and overall operating success.

Pre-employment packages and background checks can be tailored made to fit your specific requirements and can be expanded to include many other search criteria. The type of employment position available and responsibilities of the prospective employee will certainly change the requirement of the pre-employment investigation.

All investigations and searches conducted will conform fully with the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.

In addition to pre-employment investigations and background checks, we offer a wide array of investigative services including but not limited to business investigations, Accident liability investigations, Personal injury investigations and asset investigations.