Do background checks using credit reports improve the hiring success for increased security?
With making hire decisions, just as with any other business decision more information is best, it usually comes down to how much information can be accumulated and digested in a timely manner to impact the decision. Clearly having credit checks as well as other background checks does add to the information which can be weighed in order to hire the best candidate. Initial information is obtained just by witnessing the behavior and demeanor of the candidate. Background and credit checks are necessary to fill those positions that will have a direct connection to sensitive and confidential organizational systems. To fill this type of position without the due diligence is negligence. Without the careful scrutiny of potential new hires, this can lead to the downfall of the business or at best an organization that underperforms. In professional sports, teams try to sign the best players in order to compete. A business organization is really no different, in that, they also need the best playe
