Employment Screening...
Why Should Chamber/ChamberPlus Members Do It?
- Places A Safer, More Quality-Oriented Employee on the Payroll!
- Minimizes Turnover, Training, and Unemployment Costs!
- Complies with DOT Regulations!
- Develops And Maintains Safer, More Productive Worksites!
- Provides Better Control Of All Employment Liability!
- Creates a Deterrent to Undesirable Applicants!
- Builds an Overall Environment of Safety and Security!
- Saves Money & Time From Day One!
- YOUR COMPETITORS FOR THE SAME TYPES OF EMPLOYEES ARE PROBABLY DOING IT. DO YOU REALLY WANT TO HIRE THEIR REJECTS?!
At least 2 of 5 job applications and resumes contain serious factual falsehoods, according to The Wall Street Journal. These falsehoods include misrepresentations about employment histories, salaries, responsibilities, and educational accomplishments. Even a higher percentage contains minor misleading discrepancies or totally fails to disclose important information.
Between 5%-8% of applicants have criminal records ranging from serious felony crimes such as assault and robbery to misdemeanor convictions for shoplifting and possession of small amounts of controlled substances.
Over 2/3 of the requests made to college registrars for confirmation of educational credentials reveal factual discrepancies.
Over 2 million thefts of personal property occur every year in the workplace.
Business owners and managers commit over 42% of all employee thefts.
Employee theft is the cause of over 1/3 of all business failures, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
About 21% of violent crimes occur in the workplace, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
12% of all deaths, which occur at the workplace, are due to homicides, according to the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.
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