Transcript Employment Screening Basics: Managing Today’s Workforce Presented By: HirEase, Inc. David J. Luebke Chief Operations Officer.

Employment Screening Basics:
Managing Today’s Workforce
Presented By: HirEase, Inc.
David J. Luebke
Chief 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 Facts
Applicant 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 Helps
Quality 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 Searches
Good! 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 Searches
Good! 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 Searches
Good! Better! Best!
• Best!
Includes a “better background check” and also includes:
– Department of Corrections search
– Sex Offenders Registry list search