Implications of Employers in Conducting Background Checks after the 9/11 Terrorist Attack

1. Implications of Employers in Conducting Background Checks after the 9/11 Terrorist Attack

2. Employers are willing to show information to employers who are hiring at the moment. One would expect  a true converse: employers will be able to find information about their potential employees so they will accept applicants who will not harm their fellow employees, customers and clients and will not pose any other risk to the company and their new employer.

3. Alteration in the Market Place • September 11, 2001, is one of the events that made a difference in both the community and the marketplace who altered employers and their perspectives about potential employees in hiring for employment.

4. Adding to the increasing violence in the workplace applicants are now checking credible information and sources that will prove if an applicant is trustworthy and if they have engaged in workplace violence or other illegal activists. Background checks are being looked upon as a luxury but now they are a necessity for employers.

5. Surveys from 2003 say that 82 percent of employers have chosen to conduct background checks on their potential employees which increased since 1996 which had 66 percent only. Policies about background checks were added or changed because of the result of the 9/11 attacks.

6. The Industry of Background checks • Companies that conduct background checks after the attacks increased their clients in a month alone. Other employers began expressing their gratitude towards background checks and screen their future applicants before making hiring decisions for the safety of their workplace.

7. To know how to run a Background Check on • someone, go to • www.identitypi.com