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CHECK AND DOUBLE-CHECK
Hiring Index reveals trends and issues with résumés.
Good help has always been hard to find, so keeping good employees
is all the more important for many retailers. One way to distinguish
potential problem employees is by doing a background check before
hiring.
ADP Screening and Selection Services, Fort Collins, CO, has released
its eighth annual Hiring Index, a yearly evaluation of hiring trends
and issues. This year’s study shows a 16 percent increase in
the number of background checks performed in 2004 (4.36 million
versus 3.76 million in 2003), the seventh consecutive year of increased
usage of pre-employment screening services. The number of checks
performed has more than tripled since ADP began compiling the Hiring
Index in 1997.
The Hiring Index specifically measures criminal records, employment
history, education and credential records, as well as driving, credit
and workers’ compensation claim records. The Index is based
on computerized calculations of background checks completed by ADP,
and highlights areas in which screening can help employers by showing
where data inconsistencies on a candidate’s résumé
can exist. ADP’s Hiring Index is available by industry and
by employer size.
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BACKGROUND CHECKS
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The results of ADP’s background checks
performed for employers in the retail industry.
• Reference Verifications: 51 percent of employment,
education and/or credential reference checks revealed a difference
of information between what the applicant provided and what
the source reported.
• Credit Records: 47 percent of credit records showed
a judgment, lien or bankruptcy, or that the applicant had been
reported to a collection agency.
• Driving Records: 35 percent of applicants had
one or more violations or convictions on their driving records.
• Workers’ Compensation Claims: Among checks
to see if the applicant had a previous workers’ compensation
claim, eight percent showed the existence of one.
• Criminal Records: Seven percent of records checked
revealed the existence of a criminal record within the last
seven years.
Source: ADP Screening and Selection Services Hiring Index |
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