Alar Staffing Offers Five Insider Tips for Pre-Screening Potential New Hires

SANTA ANA, Calif., Aug. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- With the rise of entry-level, light industrial job seekers applying for work with forged, borrowed, or stolen documentation, many employers are also seeing a rise in workplace dysfunction. Predatory behaviors such as theft, fraudulent benefits claims, falsifying time sheets, and bogus employment lawsuits create an uncomfortable workplace environment and adversely affect a company's bottom line.

Pati Cinkle, President of Alar Staffing, is determined to help her clients learn how to identify — and avoid — candidates who exhibit predatory behaviors.

"90 percent of manufacturers and distributors in the Southern California region found their worksites at risk for fraudulent behavior as a result of poor hiring practices," Cinkle notes.

In conjunction with Alar Staffing's Risk Assessment Tool, an online resource that helps employers identify whether their workplace is at risk for dysfunctional behavior (found at http://alarstaffing.com/risk-assessment), Cinkle recommends that human resources professionals complete five pre-screening steps before making a hiring decision.

"Following this simple but thorough approach to selecting the right applicant for the job will help ensure a company's peak season is uninterrupted by issues that could have been prevented," she states.

According to Cinkle, those steps include:

1. Thorough screening: By educating an HR team on spotting fake documents, a company can protect itself from future risk. Taking the time to conduct in-depth interviews that include behavioral assessments and skills-set testing help an employer spot predatory tendencies and identify candidates who are best suited for the position.
2. Just-in-time Fulfillment: Relying on a staffing agency to provide back-up assistance during periods when high-volume staffing is needed may ensure smooth production cycles. "If you consistently have problems with workers not showing up, it could be that the staffing agency itself isn't taking the time to qualify whether the job is truly in the applicant's interest," Cinkle points out. As is often the case with a light industrial workforce, employees have a difficult time finding reliable transportation, so a company may benefit from using an agency that provides transportation for its workers.
3. Safety Program: A sound safety program has many components, the most important of which includes a committee to strategize and implement the safety program's goals. Safety programs need to be tailored to each company's unique needs and created with the input of company supervisors and other employees, as well as managers and trainers who are OSHA certified.
4. Employee Retention: "Building programs that appreciate and value employees improves productivity and reduces training costs," Cinkle states. Cultivating a work environment where employees feel acknowledged and appreciated is key to employee retention.
5. Onsite Management: The role of an on-site staffing agency is crucial to the successful management of a temporary workforce on a daily basis.

For more information on Alar Staffing and its online Risk Assessment Tool, visit http://www.alarstaffing.com.

ABOUT ALAR STAFFING

Alar Corporation is a financially stable, debt-free company that was founded in 1989 by Patricia Cinkle. Our unique business model includes partnerships with Alar Staffing, Candid Research, Griffin Transit, and Rincon Risk Management. Together, these companies provide workplace solutions that encompass high-volume staffing, team development, risk management, and transportation to increase production and eliminate dysfunction, like theft, drugs, violence, and turnover, in the world of manufacturing & distribution. After 20 years of service, Alar Corporation enjoys success built on strong relationships with choice clients and thousands of employees across the nation. Alar Staffing is located at 1901 E. Fourth St., Suite 150, Santa Ana, CA  92705, and 12631 E. Imperial Hwy. Suite 109B, Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670. (888) 611-ALAR or (714) 667-3100.

SOURCE Alar Staffing