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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 $190,000 per scheme -- American Certified Fraud Examiners
  • 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


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