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Although it has been declining under the economic downturn, the manufacturing industry remains popular, and employers must be cautious when the economy rebounds it's time to hire new employees.

Maintaining a safe and accident-free workplace is vital to the success of any manufacturing company. Another important step is to reduce employee turnover. Both of these things can be accomplished by conducting background checks on potential hires.

Here are some sample background checks to conduct when hiring a new employee in the manufacturing industry:

• Social Security number trace - This procedure, which also includes an address history search, authenticates that the Social Security number an applicant provides is associated with an individual of the same name and birth date. The Social Security number trace reveals addresses that are used to select court jurisdictions in which to check for criminal records, and also will reveal any aliases.
• Employment verifications - This verifies information on an applicant's resume, including dates of employment, starting and ending positions and salaries, reason for termination, and eligibility for rehire. It also may include interviews with former supervisors.
• County criminal record search - This consists of an on-site manual search for the superior, upper, lower and municipal court records available in each county. These records will indicate whether or not a candidate has had a felony, misdemeanor or infraction within the last seven years or longer. The end result includes date of arrest, date of filing, charges, level of charges, disposition date, final disposition of charges and any sentence or penalty.
• National criminal record database search - These aggregate databases are comprised of millions of records from various sources, including county court houses, state departments of incarcerations, state record repositories, probation departments, townships and sex offender registries.
• Substance abuse screening - This can include physical exams and urine, hair or saliva testing for various substances.

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