Monthly Archives: April 2017

Is Your Candidate’s Education For Real?

In light of the news that came out in April about the recently hired high school principal in Kansas whose education credentials had some discrepancies, we are reminded that resumes are frequently not honest, especially when it comes to education. According to Careerbuilder, 58% of resumes have less-than-truthful or

Do You Need More Reasons To Make Background Checking Part of Your Hiring Process?

Do you know how prevalent workplace theft, fraud and violence is? Check out these statistics:

75% of employees have stolen at least once from their employer and 37.5% have stolen more than once. Up to 7% of annual revenues are lost to theft or fraud. 33% of business bankruptcies have employee theft as a highly contributing factor. The median amount stolen is $175,000.