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One important way the companies are discovering to save money is by trimming the time it takes to complete average jobs. Employment Verification is routinely one of the biggest hassles that human resources employees face on a regular basis. Between inaccurate information and companies unwilling to return phone calls or answer emails, an average human resources employee can spend up to eight hours, out of a forty hour week, chasing down the employment verifications, in order to keep the hiring process running smoothly. This amounts to about twenty percent of an employee’s time. Any potential savings in this area are sure to be welcomed by managers across the country.

Once you submit the information, the previous employer should receive a fax or email notification and will respond. Also, the previous employer has an option to rate the employee on specific categories such as attendance and performance if they choose. Once the previous employer is done, you will receive an email notification. At that point, you will be able to log into your online account and view the information and even print it out if you need to.

It can really be that easy.There are only a couplemajor steps which need to be taken by companies before using this system. First, the employment application needs to be altered so that it includes a section where the applicant gives their authorization for the background check and Employment Verification. Second, the hiring company needs to create an account with VeraTrack. Pricing is quite competitive, and a company that is conducting under 100 verifications a month can expect to spend nine dollars per use. Most likely, that cost is significantly lower than the cost of the employee’s time to track everything manually.

The feature film, Eight Below, presented by Walt Disney is a wonderful example of devotion, loyalty, and teamwork.

“The film tells the story of three members of a scientific expedition: Jerry Shepard, his best friend, Cooper, and a rugged American geologist, who are forced to leave behind their team of beloved sled dogs due to a sudden accident and perilous weather conditions in Antarctica. During the harsh, Antarctic winter, the dogs must struggle for survival alone in the intense frozen wilderness for over 6 months.”
- Film Description

The humans are leaving by plane. The plane will return in three hours to rescue the dogs before winter sets in with a massive storm. To make sure the dogs are there for the return trip, their collars are fastened tightly to chains. The plane doesn’t return.

One by one the dogs slip their collars or help each other slip the collars. One doesn’t make it. The dogs revert to pack behavior, which is a highly structured team environment.

When a flock of birds is seen nearby, Maya, the lead sled dog takes over. She positions the six dogs and then circles and crawls toward the birds. Finally she barks and charges the birds and drives them into the jaws of the waiting dogs. The dogs eat; sometimes abandoned supplies from the Soviet Union; sometimes on a killer whale carcass, and sometimes more birds.

Finally, the human crew is able to put together some financing. They hopscotch their way across the Southern Pacific and the Antarctic, arriving in a borrowed tracked vehicle and trailer. They find five sled dogs in good condition. Maya, badly wounded in a fight with a leopard seal, was still alive and being cared for by the rest of the dogs.

The dogs stayed together for warmth and comfort as well as protection. They hunted together and cared for each other. They never sat around and moped or complained about supplies and lack of support from home base. They survived. Isn’t that what work teams do?

Author Don Doman: Don is a published author of books for small business, corporate video producer, and owner of Ideas and Training (http://www.ideasandtraining.com), which provides business training products. Don also owns Human Resources Radio (http://www.humanresourcesradio.com), which provides business training programs and previews 24-hours a day.