The verification of education serves two important purposes for modern companies. First, it verifies that a potential employee is truthful. It’s surprising how many people lie about the education they’ve obtained whenever they fill out job applications. Naturally, you want employees working for you who are honest and have integrity. Second, verifying education proves that an applicant has attained the level of education necessary to be considered for the job applied for. Many jobs now require employees to have bachelor's degrees or higher.

Many years ago at Information Resources, we found that verification of high school records was one of the best ways to verify a person’s real name. Especially when an individual had criminal records they were likely to provide fraudulent names and information. Our experience has come across this situation many times. People do not change their identity at the high school level. Education verification may also serve as a tool for a more thorough criminal search.