A background check screening or pre-employment screening is a process used to verify if a person is who he/she claims to be.
T2 Intelligence provides comprehensive nationwide background checks and pre-employment screenings for potential candidates. Whether you're looking to hire a new director, sales manager, or a recent graduate, ensuring they have a clean record and honest credentials is crucial. With T2 Intelligence's thorough background screening services, you can confidently verify your applicants' backgrounds and make informed hiring decisions.
Why do businesses in Indonesia need a background check screening?
Indonesia, the country with the fourth largest population in the world, offers a large and competitive pool of human resources. However, low investment in human capital has negatively impacted social welfare, education quality, and income equality, leading to an unstable workforce with varying skill levels.
If you're hiring a regional sales manager, this decision could significantly impact your business, for better or worse. Would you leave the credibility and background screening of this crucial hire to chance? For just $150 USD, you can conduct a comprehensive background check that includes education, employment, criminal records, media, references, bankruptcy, litigation, and ID checks. Consider a background check as an insurance policy—ensuring your investment in talent won't result in losses if the candidate fails to meet expectations.
What does background check screening consist of?
The answer to this question often depends on who you're looking to hire, why you're hiring them, and your company's specific requirements. The value of each background check can vary based on the job position and the nature of your business. Below are the different types of checks available through our KYE Background Check Screening services:
Education Check
Education verification is a critical part of the background check process, serving two key purposes:
To confirm that the applicant truly graduated from the claimed university.
To verify that the applicant's major, GPA, degree, and graduation dates match the official university records.
At T2 Intelligence, we specialize in validating these claims for both local and international universities. Common discrepancies we've encountered include:
The applicant attended the university but did not graduate.
Fabricated GPA or major details.
Forged graduation certificates."
Employment Check
Employment verification is conducted for two reasons:
1. To ensure that the applicant did work there.
2. To ensure that the applicant's working period, job performance, misdemeanor, work reputation, and reasons for leaving are all fit to hire.
T2 Intelligence is able to validate employment records from past employers for both local and foreign companies. The most common problems on applicants' CVs are:
1. The applicant regularly switches jobs.
2. The applicant did not actually work where the CV stated.
3. The applicant failed to resign properly or professionally.
Reference Check
Most job applications, at least in Indonesia, are required to list several referrals who are willing to vouch for the candidate.
A reference check is conducted for two reasons:
1. To ensure the authenticity of references.
2. To get the most detailed insight into the applicant.
T2 Intelligence has linguistics experts who speak Indonesian, English, and Mandarin and are able to communicate professionally with references located both in Indonesia and abroad. Talking to references could give insight to very valuable information on how the applicant treats his/her colleagues, perform his/her job function, ability to lead or work as a team player, and deals with problems that will not be uncovered otherwise on the regular hiring process.
Contact Check
Contact check is usually conducted for two reasons:
1. To ensure that the contact numbers belong to the applicant.
2. To ensure that applicants have an active mobile, home, or emergency contact.
Even though it is not a priority for most companies, an invalid phone number can be an indication of financial problems in some cases here in Indonesia. As borrowing money is ingrained in the culture, switching phone numbers is an easy (not effective) way to run away from debt collectors.
Passport and ID Check
A passport and Identification Card check is conducted for two reasons:
1. To ensure the authenticity of the passport or ID card.
1. To ensure that the information within the passport or ID card matches with official records.
Although it is rare to see a fake ID these days, applicants who provide fake document is a red flag. If the job requires the applicants to travel, it is good to know that they have a passport. In many cases, passport verification is useful to check expatriates or foreign workers who come to work in Indonesia. As this is their only valid ID for official use, it is better to check it before a company paid for their KITAS which acts as their temporary stay/work permit.
Residential Check
Residential check is conducted for two reasons:
1. To ensure that the applicant does live at the listed address.
2. To ensure that the applicant has a good reputation in the neighborhood.
T2 Intelligence is able to cover any residential location in Indonesia. Most of the time we can uncover the following issue:
1. The applicant does not own the property and further verification to the landlord is required to seek confirmation if the applicant does live there.
2. The applicant has recently moved.
3. The applicant is a 'freeloader'.
Litigation & Bankruptcy Check
Litigation and bankruptcy checks are conducted to check if the applicant has ever been involved in civil, criminal, or bankruptcy cases as a defendant or plaintiff.
T2 Intelligence will help you find the best solution to cover this check by looking into a wide variety and search range from the court records. It is rare to find applicants get tangled in court cases, but when we do, it is usually a serious one.
Criminal Check
As the court records can be difficult to check in Indonesia, T2 Intelligence offers an alternative criminal check through:
1. Police clearance certificate (SKCK) verification.
2. Direct confirmation from the criminal division at the local police station where the applicant resides.
Other optional checks that employers in Indonesia love to use:
Media Check
Checks online newspaper and magazine sources.
Checks social media accounts for detrimental content.
Web search through the open-source public domain.
Reverse Directorship Search
Examine the applicant's possible involvement with other companies for any conflict of interest. The applicant may be a shareholder, commissioner, or investor of other companies.
Group Sanctions Check
To ensure that the applicant is not a member of any undesired organization or blacklist. T2 Intelligence will use a database with global coverage that covers almost every relevant agency from different countries and global organizations around the world.
Politically Exposed Person (PEP) Check
To ensure that the applicant is not an individual who is in a notable public position such as a President, Politician, Mayor, etc. T2 Intelligence is able to scan for Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) and their Relatives and Close Associates (RCAs) against our Proprietary Database, which contains comprehensive coverage of PEP/RCA/SIP worldwide with 1.4 million PEP profiles.
Want to know more about background check screening?
This article offers a brief overview of T2 Intelligence's background check screening services in Indonesia. As a fast-growing and developing country, Indonesia presents excellent business opportunities. However, conducting background checks is essential as an insurance policy to minimize hiring risks and ensure your company's success as you expand in this dynamic market.
Get in touch with T2 Intelligence or contact us and our consultant will get back to you with a plan.
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