Re-Screening: Why You Should Be Doing It.
Whilst pre-employment screening is now firmly embedded in the recruitment process for most companies, many overlook the importance of ensuring that their current employees remain suitable for their roles. When companies fail to ensure the ongoing suitability of current staff - who have ready access to sensitive company information and customer data, but whose circumstances may have altered significantly from when they were initially recruited - they are exposing themselves to considerable potential risk. So, what exactly is re-screening, and why should you be doing it? Re-screening is the term coined to describe the process of conducting further screening checks on current employees, usually after a set period of employment or upon promotion/re-deployment, and it should be seen as an integral part of any robust and reliable background screening programmer. Without an ongoing employment screening programmer, you will be relying on outdated information regarding your existi...