{"id":6395,"date":"2022-07-13T17:57:01","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T16:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blinkx.com\/?p=6395"},"modified":"2022-08-06T12:02:04","modified_gmt":"2022-08-06T11:02:04","slug":"how-long-is-a-background-check-good-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businessfinancenews.com\/background\/how-long-is-a-background-check-good-for\/","title":{"rendered":"How Long Is a Background Check Good For?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"hs_cos_wrapper_post_body\">\n<p>How long does a background check last? This question is difficult to answer, but critical to address: many employers use it to decide how to structure their strategies for screening existing employees. The standard operating procedure for businesses is to run background checks on new employees at the time of their hiring. From there, businesses diverge significantly in how they handle ongoing background checks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Some businesses run\u00a0repeat checks on their employees\u00a0every two years. Others do it every five years. Many employers only run background checks on new hires and never re-screen existing employees. They assume that once they have vetted an employee, there is no need to do so again.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>An important truth to realize is that a background check is simply a snapshot of a person\u2019s background at a specific moment. Just because someone passes a criminal background check that you run today doesn\u2019t mean that they\u2019d pass one again in a month, or a year, or five years. There is always a possibility that one of your employees could be arrested, charged with a crime, or convicted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In some cases, those convictions might affect that person\u2019s ability to do their job in a responsible and safe fashion. For instance, if you hire a delivery driver, and he or she gets a DUI three months into their employment, that conviction effectively changes his or her ability to perform the job.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It is important for employers to be aware of such changes to limit their levels of risk and liability. At the same time, many employers believe that they can\u2019t afford to run full, repeat background checks weekly, monthly, or even yearly. The question then shifts from \u201cHow long does a background check last?\u201d to \u201cWhat can employers do to make sure their knowledge of their employees is up-to-date?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The good news is that some background check snapshots stay current for longer.\u00a0Education\u00a0and\u00a0employment verification checks, for instance, are verifications that you should only need to run once. Others\u2014such as\u00a0criminal history checks\u00a0and\u00a0driving record checks\u2014are subject to change over time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At Blinkx, we have a solution to help employers navigate the challenges of out-of-date background checks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We have designed our ongoing criminal monitoring service to make sure that employers stay in the loop regarding new developments to their employees\u2019 criminal records. With this service, we screen your existing employees through\u00a0our US OneSEARCH database\u00a0monthly. That database not only includes hundreds of millions of criminal records spanning all 50 states but also other critical information such as sex offender registry data. If there are changes to an employee\u2019s record, we will notify you. You can then decide if the new information affects that person\u2019s eligibility for employment. To begin using this service,\u00a0visit our ongoing criminal monitoring product page.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How long does a background check last? This question is difficult to answer, but critical to address: many employers use it to decide how to structure their strategies for screening existing employees. The standard operating procedure for businesses is to run background checks on new employees at the time of their hiring. 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