Employment Screening Basics:Managing Today’s Workforce

Presented By: HirEase, Inc.

David J. LuebkeChief Operations Officer

Disclaimer

The information contained in this presentation does not represent legal advice and should

not be used for the purpose of forming conclusions or making decisions that impact

specific workforce scenarios.

You are advised to consult your own legal professional for legislation that is applicable

to your company and governed by the state(s) in which your company does

business.

Little Known Workforce Facts

Little Known FactsApplicant Screening Is Critical For Today’s Workforce

Hires Gone Bad

• On average, in U.S. businesses, at least half of all new hires “don’t work out”. *Source: Fortune Magazine

• 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

• In 1999, employers lost 60% of negligent hiring/supervision jury trials.

*Source: The Reish & Luftman Practical Guide to Employment Law

Little Known Facts Applicant Screening Is Critical For Today’s Workforce

Little White Lies

• 34% of all application forms contain outright lies about experience, education and ability to perform essential functions. *Source: The Wall Street Journal

• As many as 30% of job seekers exaggerate their accomplishments and about 10% seriously misrepresent their background.

*Source: The Complete Reference Checking Book, by Edward Adler

• 9% of job applicants falsely claimed they had a college degree or jobs that didn’t exist.

*Source: Resume Inflation: Two Wrongs May Mean No Rights, by Barbara Kat Repa

Little Known Facts Applicant Screening Is Critical For Today’s Workforce

When Nobody’s Watching

• 33% of all applicants admit to being tempted to steal from an employer. *Source: Security Magazine

• 30% of all business failures are caused by employee theft. *Source: US Chamber of Commerce

• 14.7% of all applicants admit to theft of merchandise from an employer.

*Source: Reid Psychological Systems (Don’t Hire a Crook, Dennis DeMay)

Little Known Facts Applicant Screening Is Critical For Today’s Workforce

“Going Postal”

• On-the-job violence costs employers $36 BILLION each year. *Source: Workplace Violence Research Institute

• The average award in a workplace violence lawsuit exceeds $1 million per case. *Source: Workplace Violence Research Institute

• 57% of respondents reported that a violent incident occurred in their workplace between 1/95 and 7/99. *Source: Society of Human Resource Management, Workplace Violence Study

Employment Screening Companies

& Criminal Record Searches

How An Employment Screening Company HelpsQuality Information & Service

• Knows the critical information to capture in an ideal background check

• Understands your sense of urgency in getting accurate results fast

• Creates budget friendly packages without compromising data integrity or timeliness of results

• Taps into a national network of 14K researchers for the most reliable data available

• Provides simple, easy to read reporting tools

• Uses technology to provide immediate access to data

Criminal Record SearchesGood! Better! Best!

• Good!

– Perform a social security number trace that will provide previous addresses and aliases

– Perform county level criminal record checks of all the names and residences provided by the social security trace going back at least 7 years of county residences

Criminal Record SearchesGood! Better! Best!

• Better!Includes a “good background check” and also includes:

– Criminal records check in all the counties of employment

– 3rd criminal records database (Multi-State)

– Federal criminal searches in all associated jurisdictions

– National Wants & Warrants search

Criminal Record SearchesGood! Better! Best!

• Best!Includes a “better background check” and also includes:

– Department of Corrections search

– Sex Offenders Registry list search