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The Curious Bag
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An estimated 30 percent to 40 percent of information provided by job applicants is misleading or false, according to Amy Crane's article on Bankrate.com. Verifying the information applicants provide is important to the protection of businesses.
Significance
Checking a potential employee's information is a way of protecting the security of a business and other employees, as well as verifying whether an applicant is trustworthy.
Requirements
There are jobs that, through state and federal regulations, require specific education and certification, which requires employers to verify educational backgrounds.
Consent
When you apply for a position with a company, there may be a requirement that you sign a consent form. This form gives the human resources department your permission to do a background check and verify your education.
Transcripts
A potential employer may require you to provide transcripts from your secondary school and/or higher education institution, or the employer might contact the school directly to obtain the information.
Outsourcing
Some employers use third-party background screening companies to run background checks and verify educational information.
Considerations
If the information a potential employer obtains is inaccurate, request contact information for the source and file a complaint to have the information corrected.
Source:
BankRate.com: The ABCs of pre-employment background checks
A Matter of Fact: Education Verification - How to Verify Education Background
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Many will call or write the schools but there are services that will conduct the background check, too.
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Transcripts are required by many. *** But clearly they DON'T check, as evidenced by the high ranking ("sitting in a chair") Oxford University professor a few years back who, it turned out, had completely faked his credentials and probably had no degree whatsoever.
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some may ask to bring in your diploma
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