Background Check
Statistics
Background Check Statistics from A Matter of Fact:
Gathered from years of experience and thousands of background checks, the following statistics show the percentage of applicants whose background checks revealed serious discrepancies. Click for Examples of Serious Flags.- 39% of all Background Checks had at least one serious flag.
- 10% of County Criminal Record Checks had serious flags.
- 10% of Education Verifications had serious flags.
- 23% of Employment Verifications had serious flags.
- 44% of Driving Records had serious flags.
Statistics of Interest from Industry Sources:
- Workplace violence accounted for 18% of all violent crime -- Bureau of Justice Statistics
- The average fraud loss for organizations with fewer than 100 employees was $200,000 -- ACFE 2008 Report to the Nation on Occupational Fraud and Abuse
- National criminal history databases have a 41% error rate -- MSNBC
- Almost 10% of the employees caring for seniors and vulnerable adults have criminal backgrounds -- Michigan Health Care Fraud Division
- About one-third of resumés have some degree of puffery -- Bankrate.com
- Sixteen percent of executive resumés contain false academic claims and/or material omissions relating to educational experience -- Business Week
- Thirty percent of insiders who launch system attacks have criminal records -- Insurance & Technology
- The replacement cost of a bad hire is up to 3 times the salary of the job in question -- Right Management Survey
- Employers lost 60% of negligent hiring/supervision jury trials -- Reish & Luftman
Note: A Matter of Fact has no control over the content of the above sites and is not responsible for their content.
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