Others will alter dates or inflate salary claims and past job responsibilities. An employee who starts a job under false pretenses is the wrong person in the wrong job. The falsification suggests a dangerous character defect that could resurface in another context later. The lack of appropriate qualifications may also mean the person is not competent for the task. Neither is a problem an employer can ignore.
Most states require health care organizations to conduct criminal background checks on employees.
But even if there are no legal requirements, to guard against problems, employers are finding that thorough screening of a job applicant's background and credentials makes good business sense. As a general rule of thumb, any question you deem so important and job-related that you would ask it on your employment application is important enough that you should verify the answer. Hire on a provisional basis. Among them are driving records, criminal records, professional credentials, credit reports and past employment history references. Most of this information is available to the public from credit reporting and government agencies, which sometimes charge a fee for research and reproduction.