Do hr recruiters really do background checks?

What happens if you don't do a background check? Earlier, it was reported on the Internet that a man with a primary school education found an executive position with a monthly salary of 70,000 with a fake MBA from Tsinghua. Finally, HR found out that he resigned voluntarily, but the company also called the police.

I'll tell you two real cases about doing background checks.

1. The resume is fraudulent, and HR needs to verify it.

I interviewed two candidates, and their abilities meet the requirements of vacant positions in our department. But during the conversation, we suspected that his resume was fake. So, what we told HR is that if the resume is true, we will send him an offer. In the end, both of them were found out because of fraudulent resumes, but neither of them got an offer.

This is because we found something unusual in the interview and asked HR to check the background.

2. The company will conduct an investigation.

There are also some HR companies that will take the initiative to do background checks. An employee in my department told me when he left his job that the new company might do a background check and leave my contact information. As expected, this startup company called me to ask about the situation of the employees who left. The content of the inquiry is also relatively simple, asking about the reasons for leaving the company, work performance, working hours, work content, etc. That HR verified the information from me and successfully joined the job.

Many large companies in China are also doing background checks, which will verify the wife's work, children's age, school and other information in detail. In small companies, HR also conducts background checks on senior positions. After all, these positions are related to the future development of the company, so it is very necessary to verify the real background.