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Craig Cadell's Verification Tips
January 13, 2014 posted by Steve Brownstein
Rather than a tip for this publication, I wanted to offer a brief reflection on integrity from a verifier’s perspective.
Catching and figuring out discrepancies in data, chasing down that last piece of information, and making the additional attempt that got the result were your little victories that few others witnessed. You’ve got to know that your commitment to the integrity of every order and every attempt is not just what’s expected of you, it is a reflection of your character that is built and maintained one act of integrity at a time. In our line of work, this is what makes you great.
We sometimes deal with unpleasant facts about the subjects of our verifications. We catch people making big salaries who bought their degrees from diploma mills. We discover when people have inflated their titles or extend their dates of employment. And, we shake our heads at the damage such dishonesty can inflict on one’s job prospects in the age of background screening. It certainly gives me an appreciation for what we do and the role we play in helping employers discern the integrity of their job applicants.
On a lighter note, there is another kind of integrity we deal with in our business – database integrity. Contacting employers and schools posed all the same challenges this year as in years past, but hopefully your knowledge base on who to contact and what to provide them grew this year. If not, gathering and retaining better data this year could make for excellent results for 2014.
