Polygraph testing of employees and job candidates

Tighter oversight of EMPLOYEES with the help of a POLYGRAPH is rapidly gaining popularity and is no longer considered exotic.

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This can have a positive effect on the level of trust between an employer and a job candidate. Let’s look at how this practice can affect trust and effectiveness, and what problems it can solve.

At first glance, a requirement to take a polygraph test may give the impression that the employer does not trust the potential employee. On the other hand, it DEMONSTRATES the employer’s intention to create a healthy and mutually beneficial working environment. Trust is a key element of a successful relationship between employer and employee, so polygraph testing can strengthen this foundation.

Nor is the effectiveness of polygraph testing in doubt. Research shows that in the hands of qualified specialists a polygraph gives accurate results: 85–89% according to the American Polygraph Association meta-analysis (2011).

In this way you can weed out all the “moles” planted by competitors or government bodies and make the right decision about honest employees. In addition, polygraph testing can screen out people who have the intention, motivation or plans to harm the company in collusion with someone. The polygraph will unequivocally record the physiological reactions that stress may cause when such questions are answered.

The risk of employers abusing the polygraph is ruled out. They cannot use it as a means of controlling, blackmailing or intimidating employees. A competent specialist always follows the polygraph examiner’s code of ethics. They will never put employees’ privacy and personal rights at risk or damage working relationships in the company. The polygraph must be used in compliance with the rules and ethical standards.

In some cases, especially in fields where security is particularly important, polygraph tests are simply a NECESSITY. For example, when the work involves classified information, HIGH competition or trade secrets, where the human factor plays a decisive role.

For many companies and organisations, polygraph testing has become the best solution for creating a healthy working environment in which employees feel TRUST, support and the opportunity to grow. Besides the polygraph, it is of course important to introduce policies that support a healthy work–life balance, to provide opportunities for professional growth and development, and to build an open communication culture.

A polygraph makes it possible to establish whether the information a candidate gives in a CV or application form is true, and to check whether they are hiding the reasons they left a previous job or criminal offences that the authorities never solved. It can also uncover theft, disclosure of confidential corporate information, a weakness for gambling or alcohol, and much else that a candidate would like to hide.

This tool is most often used by large and medium-sized businesses. Candidates for positions involving financial liability, such as finance specialists, accountants and top managers, are the first to be tested.

As the well-known proverb says: “Trust, but verify”. However, not everyone will agree to take a polygraph test, and the reason is ALWAYS that the person has something to hide. After all, the questions do NOT concern their PERSONAL life and relate only to their professional activities.

Lie detector testing does not violate human rights and does not contradict the current legal framework or legislation.

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