{"id":248,"date":"2020-07-27T08:00:49","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T08:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klinsheet.com\/blog\/?p=248"},"modified":"2020-06-24T22:50:18","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T22:50:18","slug":"experience-background-check-services-consultant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klinsheet.com\/blog\/index.php\/2020\/07\/27\/experience-background-check-services-consultant\/","title":{"rendered":"My Experience Over the Years as A Background Check Services Consultant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0In the last 6 years, I have held various HR related positions; with the most recent of them being a Background Check Services Consultant for Klinsheet Consulting. It should come at no surprise to you that over time, I have experienced a whole lot of drama in my line of work. That is not to say that I do not enjoy my line of work anyway (chuckles).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the years, I have negotiated, conducted, overseen, and prepared reports along various categories of background check services. The background checks I have run over time range from Address Confirmation; Academic Verification; Previous Employer Check; Physical Guarantor Confirmation; Credit Check; Criminal Record Check; and so on. In the course of running these checks, I have encountered tonnes of challenges. Be it as it may, these challenges are experienced by virtually every background check officer. For the sake of clarity, let me iterate some of these challenges I refer to below:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<h4><b>Incomplete database\u00a0<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The headache that\u2019s caused by an incomplete database is better imagined, than experienced. Very often, the phenomenon of incomplete databases is mostly experienced when field agents make attempts to verify academic certificates from institutions of learning. While on the field, you would marvel at how most of these institutions do not have a complete database of their ex-students. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I remember when I was still a field agent and I went for academic verification in higher institutions. I always found it puzzling that the admin officers in most of these institutions had to revert to brochures before they could verify whether an individual was their alumni or not.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<h4><b>Fear<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0In this part of the world, it is not uncommon for people to become skeptical upon the experience of anything unusual. I remember countless occasions when I went to run address verification. And while trying to make findings about the person in question, neighbours often held back, as they were skeptical about giving out information they feared could cause someone to lose their job.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<h4><b>Non availability of guarantors<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Time and time again, I had setbacks as a result of the non-availability of guarantors. As a matter of fact, the issue with guarantors is no small feat. Even till today, I keep getting reports about guarantors who suddenly make themselves unavailable when it\u2019s time to verify them. You know, some people might be shy or not know how to express their unwillingness to stand as a guarantor. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But once it\u2019s time to verify their stand as a guarantor, some individuals cease the advantage and continue to give various excuses until your timeframe is exhausted. Some guarantors however \u2013 maybe after communing with their lawyer \u2013 lay claim to not remembering the names of employees. Some even deny ever filling out a guarantor\u2019s form on anybody\u2019s behalf.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-249 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/klinsheet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/My-experience-in-BG-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Background Check Services Consultant, Background Check Services, Background Check Service, Background Check, Check\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klinsheet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/My-experience-in-BG-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/klinsheet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/My-experience-in-BG-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/klinsheet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/My-experience-in-BG-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/klinsheet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/My-experience-in-BG-615x410.jpg 615w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<h4><b>Company \/ organization policy<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0On certain occasions, I experienced scenarios whereby guarantors were actually willing to stand in for employees, but their company policies made it almost impossible. In some organizations, employees are not permitted to stand as guarantors to others. In some other organizations, visitors are not allowed within the premises. Hence, in a bid to adhere to laid down policies, guarantors wouldn&#8217;t want you to visit them at their place of work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<h4><b>Employee awareness\u00a0<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before going ahead to run checks on employees, it is only proper for employers to inform their employees that background checks would be run on them. Somewhere along the process of onboarding, employees consent to having verification checks done on them anytime. However, due to the anxiety of landing a new job, many employees fail to take note of this detail, and later claim that they were not informed that a background check would be done on them. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As insignificant as these factors might appear to be, they all affect the process of running background checks in one way or the other. Firstly, many of these issues tend to cause a delay in the turn-around time of our processes. However, communicating these things to clients isn\u2019t always as seamless as one would imagine. Even when the facts are glaring, some clients just refuse to understand; and they somehow find it easier to tag you as incompetent.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apart from turn-around time; some of the issues we face makes it quite uneasy to compile the reports of our findings. Once, I went to verify a guarantor who was said to be the MD of a purported Oil &amp; Gas company. Upon arrival at the address, I saw a kerosene tank with a salesperson sitting under a big umbrella. I asked around and got to realize that the name of the owner of the kerosene tank was similar to the name of the company whose supposed MD was the guarantor I wanted to verify. However, the attendant laid claim to not knowing any company by the name I mentioned.<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As conclusive as it may appear, it is worthy of note that assumptions can be very dangerous when it comes to background checks. More so, it is inappropriate to come back with an assumption, when charged with the task of running a verification.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So as not to bore you with my experience; I\u2019ll end my thoughts here and leave an open avenue to reach out to me, should you have any questions or require any clarifications.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dipo Umoru<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Verification Consultant<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/klinsheet.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Klinsheet Consulting<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+234 703 719 5924<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:dipo@klinsheet.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dipo@klinsheet.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0In the last 6 years, I have held various HR related positions; with the most recent of them being a Background Check Services Consultant for Klinsheet Consulting. 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