Over the last couple of decades, the human resources department has increased its level of visibility in many businesses. While they used to remain largely "behind the scenes," ensuring personnel records were in order and managing the administration of benefits, HR staffs are now much more influential when it comes to a company's success. Today's human resources personnel are responsible for more than just staffing and payroll.

As with any other department that has increasingly important roles, HR employees have learned that a single department cannot manage every aspect of every function on their own. And with the amount of incoming resumes increasing daily, simply managing the interviewing and pre employment

screening process can be overwhelming in itself. Nowadays human resources outsourcing pre employment screening process becomes very common, which includes employment verification, education checks, reference checks, criminal background checks, drug testing, credit reports, driving records and more.

Pre Employment Screening is one of the most crucial human resources tools available. If you've been using an employment screening company for background checks but are not confident in the accuracy of the reports, you should be concerned. Employers can be liable in the case of negligent hiring lawsuits and workplace violence, and having inaccurate or out of date information can be incredibly costly. Some of the questions you should be asking of your screening company are as follows: Does the company follow the FCRA and applicable state laws for screening? Do they provide guidance about your responsibilities as a user of consumer reports? Do they provide forms to obtain permission from the employee? How do they get their information? How do they know it's accurate?