Hiring & Global Background Check Regulations

Global background checks can be a burden when it comes to hiring an international workforce. How do companies manage it? What do you need to know?

How Can Your Company Handle this Overwhelming Process?
Building your workforce in the 21st century means it’s more likely than ever that you’ll have employees located around the world. If you’re an established international corporation, you may have offices everywhere. If you’re a young start-up, you may have no office at all but employees working virtually anywhere. Either way, how do you handle all that’s involved with global screening requirements on a pool of job candidates that crisscrosses borders?

Speak the Right Language(s)
Your company may communicate in American English 100% of the time and the candidates you’re considering may be fluent English speakers as well. Even so, the governments and vendors from which you’ll have to source information for your screen may have language requirements of their own. Make sure you understand their communications before you get started.

Get Versed in International Law
Just like the U.S., every nation in the world protects its citizens with privacy laws, regulates its employers with business laws, maintains various criminal records, and requires adherence to specific measures for its cybersecurity. Keeping up with all these regulations in the U.S. is daunting enough. Doing business from inside the U.S. and working with employees who are citizens of other nations can mean keeping up with more regulations and information access points than humanly possible.

Nail Down the Right Documentation
Before vetting a candidate who lives abroad or holds foreign educational/employment experience, you’ll need to know what personal information to request, in which form to request it, and where you need to file it. If you’re doing global screenings on many candidates from many nations, this will take a while­—probably far longer than you want any position to remain open.

Or, Just Ask for Help
If languages, international law, and red tape aren’t your forte­, you’ll need to rely on a trustworthy third-party who’s already sourced experts in all of these areas to help you with your background checks. The ClearStar Global Screening Team knows how to manage background checks for candidates in more than 230 countries. We can help you manage background checks in a few places or all over the world. Let us know what you need.

Want professional guidance on how to do your business’s screening? Contact us at ClearStar today and learn more about our Retail Background Checks.

At ClearStar, we are committed to your success. An important part of your employment screening program involves compliance with various laws and regulations, which is why we are providing information regarding screening requirements in certain countries, region, etc. While we are happy to provide you with this information, it is your responsibility to comply with applicable laws and to understand how such information pertains to your employment screening program. The foregoing information is not offered as legal advice but is instead offered for informational purposes. ClearStar is not a law firm and does not offer legal advice and this communication does not form an attorney client relationship. The foregoing information is therefore not intended as a substitute for the legal advice of a lawyer knowledgeable of the user’s individual circumstances or to provide legal advice. ClearStar makes no assurances regarding the accuracy, completeness, or utility of the information contained in this publication. Legislative, regulatory and case law developments regularly impact on general research and this area is evolving rapidly. ClearStar expressly disclaim any warranties or responsibility or damages associated with or arising out of the information provided herein.