Whilst crime rates in North Asia generally remain steady, candidates often take advantage of the trust-based culture to falsify or embellish their résumés. For example, in Japan we have found that over 1 in 8 of all applicants provide inaccurate or dishonest information, such as fictitious employers or qualifications, or have problems relating to indebtedness, poor employment history or dishonesty. The discovery of falsifications not only highlights the obvious discrepancy, but also highlights possible dishonesty on the part of the candidate, something that today's companies can ill-afford.

Pre-screening promotes a safe and profitable workplace and is an effective risk management tool that has been proven to significantly reduce the risk of a bad hire. North Asian labor laws are generally weighted heavily in favor of the employee, who once hired can be difficult and expensive to fire. Pre screening mitigates the risk of employing bad hires resulting in reduced costs over the long term.

Our clients have found that the utilization of the First Advantage Japan Program has resulted in cost savings and higher productivity due to:

• lower staff turnover
  
• lower recruitment costs
  
• lower training costs
  
• higher staff morale
  
• lower risk of fraud and internal theft, and
  
• reduced number of negligent hiring suits

Our comprehensive pre employment screening checks provide real time online reports covering the following areas:

• Verification of Employment
  
• Verification of Educational qualifications
  
• Verification of Professional licenses and qualification
  
• Interviews with the previous supervisors
  
• International regulatory searches
  
• Criminal record searches
  
• Credit reports
  
• Bankruptcy searches
  
• Civil litigation searches
  
• Local language press searches

First Advantage Japan's Pre Employment Screening Services includes:

• Automated web based simple to use screening system
  
• Real time tracking for accurate and timely case management
  
• Comprehensive and in depth checks
  
• Fastest turnaround times
  
• Superior customer service
  
• Comprehensive and ethical screening solutions
  
• Asian focused proprietary databases
  
• 24/7 access to all reports
  
• Multi lingual systems and support
  
• Secure scalable solutions