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7 Facts That Show Why You Need to Background Check


  • It costs $7,000 to replace a salaried employee, $10,000 to replace a mid-level employee and $40,000 to replace a senior executive.
    Source: Recruiting Times
  • 9% of job applicants falsely claimed they had a college degree, listed false employers or identified jobs that didn’t exist.
    Source: Resume Inflation: Two Wrongs May Mean No Rights, by Barbara Kat Repa, Nolo .com, 8/801
  • As many as 30 percent of job seekers exaggerate their accomplishments, and about 10 percent “seriously misrepresent” their backgrounds.
    Source: The Complete Reference Checking Book, by Edward C. Adler
  • 11% of job applicants misrepresented why they left a former employer.
    Source: Resume Inflation: Two Wrongs May Mean No Rights, by Barbara Kat Repa, Nolo .com, 8/801
  • The average award in a workplace violence lawsuit exceeds $1 million per case.
    Source: Workplace Violence Research Institute
  • One in six workers has a drug problem.
    Source: Don’t Hire A Crook, Dennis DeMay and James R. Flowers Jr., 1999 Facts on Demand Press, pg. 90
  • 7% of all applicants admit to theft of merchandise from an employer.
    Source: Reid Psychological Systems (Don’t Hire a Crook, Dennis DeMay; James R. Flowers, Jr., 1999 Facts on Demand Press, pg. 88)

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