How Employee Risk Profiles Change Over Time—and Why Screening Should Too
Decision-making processes for hiring are often backed up by proper background verification, which promotes organizations to evaluate a candidate's readiness at the time of hiring. But, the risk to the employee is not constant. Risk profiles may change as people move from one role to another, gain access to sensitive data and change in personal and/or professional circumstances. The reason that screening is not something that you need to do only once, but instead, it's part of a workforce risk management program. The Evolving Nature of Employee Risk Profiles External influence and employee professional growth are the factors that constitute employee risk profiles. People's levels of access, responsibilities, and decision-making power may increase as they move up in their careers. This has of course an impact on their footprint of risk in an organization. Contextual changes, including changing compliance requirements, sensitive system exposure and organizational changes are a...
