What Is Employment Verification?

Candidate Experience, Contractor Experience, Employee Documents

What Is Employment Verification?

What Defines Employment Verification?

When you’re taking the chance of hiring someone, you’ll want to know who they are and where they’ve worked, which involves knowing the details of employment verification. Employment verification is used to make sure that your potential hire and their skills and background align with your business’s culture, needs, and trajectory. At Brightwing, our mission is to find your team a perfect match. With our three-stage qualification process, we’ll ensure that your new candidate is prepared to join your team. We take employment verification seriously, so that your business has only the most qualified employees.

Verification of Employment

The process of verification of employment consists of multiple different parts. When you choose Brightwing, you’re leaving this involved process to us, so you can focus on your business. Verification of employment includes certifying candidates’ past forms of employment to make sure that they are qualified to work for you. It also may include dates of employment, salary information, and job role details. Employment verification can also entail conducting background checks on your prospective candidates. We’ll go into the importance of background checks later on, but for now, let’s explore why employment verification is crucial as you look for new team members.

Importance of Verification of Employment

At Brightwing, our expert recruiters are highly knowledgeable in their field of specialization. They know what to look for when finding the best candidates for your company. Since our recruiters are experienced in IT, engineering and design, financial services, and operations, they are prepared to look at the fine details of verification of employment for your potential candidates. Unfortunately, sometimes, candidates may falsify information they provide on their resumes or CVs. At Brightwing, our purpose is to make sure that a candidate’s information is correct.

Employee Verification

When we conduct employee verification, we ensure that your candidates’ credentials are true and up to par. We may contact a candidate’s past employer to double-check that they worked there, and what the details of their past role were. By doing so, employment verification determines how a candidate’s past job experience aligns with your business needs. When you choose Brightwing for employee verification, you can find out details about your candidate before you even meet them. Employee verification can also save your company time and money. Instead of finding out that your new employee falsified their credentials and is unqualified for a job, hiring professional employee verification will save you from having to hire someone again on such short notice. This includes running a background check on your candidates before you hire them.

How Does a Background Check Verify Employment?

Background checks are a crucial part of the employee verification process. A background check can take between 48 hours and five business days, which is a small time to wait to ensure that your business receives a high-quality and skilled candidate. There are many parts that make up the answer to “How does a background check verify employment?”, so let’s go through each one:

Employment History

Checking your candidate’s employment history guarantees that the candidate provided their true qualifications on their application. This also certifies that their past jobs and experience align with what you’re looking for in a potential hire. But how does a background check verify employment? During a background check, we may contact the candidate’s past employers to confirm that they did work there and that they had the role that they provided. This step is vital, after all, we want your candidates to be more than prepared for your company’s needs.

Education History

As part of a background check, we can confirm the details of your candidate’s education. Details like what college they went to, their GPA, and even transcripts may appear during a background check, to verify that your candidate’s academic training aligns with your job listing. A strong and consistent academic record can indicate success in the corporate world, as well as previous work experience.

Criminal Records

Background checks also include finding out if your candidate has any prior convictions, either misdemeanors or felonies. Depending on the state, however, there are restrictions on what and how far back an employer can look for prior convictions. At Brightwing, we handle the details of your candidate’s background check so you can continue to focus on your business. We understand the importance of making sure that your candidates are cleared to work for your company.

Credit Reports

Although we won’t see a candidate’s credit score, we can get a number of details from a credit report that can help us determine if they’re suitable for a role. A bad credit report may indicate that the candidate is irresponsible or in financial distress. A credit report can detail debt, open lines of credit, missed payments, and more. For a role that requires good organization, a good credit report can help us find responsible candidates. This list isn’t exhaustive, but it highlights the most common aspects of a background check. By answering “How does a background check verify employment?”, we’ve shown that verification of employment is an important part of the hiring process. By allowing a professional recruiting firm such as Brightwing to conduct background checks, we can finely sift through the details of your candidates’ past experience. Choosing a professional talent acquisition firm such as Brightwing allows you to focus on your business while we handle the verification of employment. Employment verification ensures that we find you top-notch candidates with skills and experience that match your company’s needs. By confirming their past professional roles, education, and background, we provide your business with candidates ready to handle the job. Our goal is to increase job posting awareness, manage the hiring process, and increase retention rates, all while you focus on your business. At Brightwing, our expert recruiters have training in many different fields and are skilled in the hiring process. Our experts will work with you and your business closely so that we find only the best matches for your job postings and company culture. Share This Post [social-share] More Like This

February 15, 2023

What Is Sponsorship for Employment?

Candidate Experience, Employee Documents, Job Search, Job Seekers

In this article, we will tell you everything you need to know about sponsorship for employment, including what steps to take to get it.

1. How to beat the nerves
Jason Hochstein Director of Talent Acquisiton, Brightwing		“I was working with a candidate who used to get so nervous about interviewing, she’d lose sleep. The night before, she’d think about how it was going to go. The night after she’d pick apart her performance. Interviews are definitely nerve-wracking – there’s no way around that – but I don’t think they should be a miserable experience! After a mock interview, I gave a few tips on how to combat the nerves: → Remember you’ve got power, too. And you have priorities other than making yourself hirable. You need to make a judgment about the company you’re interviewing with! → Put it in perspective. Ask yourself, what’s the worst thing that could happen? The answer: you don’t get the job. Those are the stakes – not more, not less. → If the worst happens and you don’t get the job, that’s not a statement about your potential as a professional. It’s about that specific role on that specific team.”


2. Get comfortable with silence
Dan Start Brightwing Finance & Accounting Recruiter		“Stay focused and concise when you answer an interviewer’s questions. If you can’t be succinct, they’ll imagine you rambling on in future conversations and meetings. So get comfortable with pauses – don’t talk just to fill them.”


3. Use the mirroring technique
Will Foss Brightwing IT Recruiter		“One thing I like to tell candidates is to use the mirroring technique while interviewing. It can help make the interviewer feel at ease with you, faster. When you’re on the phone, listen to the tone, rate of speech or cadence of how the hiring manager is asking questions and try to match those qualities in your replies. For example, if the manager has high energy and speaks quickly, you should try to respond with plenty of energy and pace yourself. If in person, its always good to match the body posture/body language, too. You definitely don’t want to look like a copycat – it should just feel natural.”


4. Be yourself (while selling yourself)
Justin Hochstein Brightwing Finance & Accounting Recruiter		“I know it sounds simple, but BE YOURSELF. Let a company hire the real YOU. Of course you want to come prepared (with your proudest achievements, the reasons you want the job, etc.), but don’t confuse presenting your best self with hiding who you really are.”


5. Choose your representative wisely
Mike Gourley Brightwing Engineering & Design Recruiter		“Pick the right recruiter. There’s a lot of us out there. So, do your research. Choose the right recruiter based on their reputation, area of focus (skillset), and location. I’ve seen the value we can provide to candidates. It’s just a much more efficient way to go through a job search process, and really develop the best possible offer.”

What Defines Employment Verification?

Verification of Employment

Importance of Verification of Employment

Employee Verification

How Does a Background Check Verify Employment?

Employment History

Education History

Criminal Records

Credit Reports

1. Understand the stakes

2. Qualify the opportunity

3. Put your interviewer at ease

4. Get comfortable with silence

5. Ace your next job interview with the right recruiter

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1. How to beat the nerves

2. Get comfortable with silence

3. Use the mirroring technique

4. Be yourself (while selling yourself)

5. Choose your representative wisely

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