siliconindia | | April 20178SENIORITY DOES NOT MAKE YOU EXEMPT FROM BACKGROUND SCREENINGLeadership is more than a designation, they provide the necessary strategic direction which galvanizes employees, steering them towards productivity. This process begins with acquiring an accurate and in-depth un-derstanding of the candidate's background. Senior leadership is not exempted from criti-cism and must follow the same stringent com-pliant measures that junior level employees do. It is a common misconception that can-didates for a senior executive position would not stoop to falsifying or hiding information. According to the First Advantage Q3 2016 Report, discrepancies amongst senior execu-tives remains two percent. This is an alarming number sustained from the previous quarter within the leadership. Having discrepant in this strategic position can be precarious. The risks that arise from discrepancies at a senior level cannot be taken lightly due to the fol-lowing reasonsGrowth, Productivity & Investor Relation: One of the biggest impacts of bad hiring decision at a senior level is on produc-tivity of the organization. Organization per-ception metrics are increasingly becoming the key metric for hiring new recruits. A defunct or less than optimal leadership leads to neg-ative organization perception, eventually not only effecting current productivity levels but future projects and also investor relations.Work Place Safety: Senior leadership has the responsibility to create a safe and amicable corporate culture in an organization. Discrep-ancies in senior management's records can sometimes range from employment history errors to graver indiscretions such as harass-ment. The risk of a leadership having such indiscretions could have a catastrophic effect on the company, corporate culture, and even brand and reputation of the organization. For example, a prominent IT services company had been hit by yet another sexual harassment case, with a senior executive accused of ha-rassing a female employee who resisted his sexual advances. The alleged harassment is doing irreparable damage to the repute and brand, dissuading promising talent to join.IN MY OPINIONHeadquartered in Atlanta, FirstAdvantage provides industry-leading screening searches and services to mitigate customer's risk and protect organization's reputation by keeping compliant and identifying risk associated individual's screening.By Purushotham Salvani, MD, FirstAdvantageLBackground screening cannot guarantee business success but it can certainly help ensure that the right leadership is in place
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