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Hit Ratio Statistics by Industry
|
TYPE OF CHECK &
RESULT
|
INDUSTRY
|
|
|
Manufacturing
|
Health Services
|
Food Services
& Stores
|
Business
Services
|
Transportation
|
Retail
|
| Criminal Hit
Record |
5%
|
6%
|
8%
|
4%
|
5%
|
7%
|
| False Information
on Resume |
42%
|
49%
|
54%
|
48%
|
89%
|
49%
|
| Personal Reference
(Negative remarks) |
10%
|
6%
|
9%
|
5%
|
7%
|
9%
|
| Driving Record
(1-3 violations) |
28%
|
19%
|
39%
|
31%
|
28%
|
29%
|
| Driving Record
(4 or more violations) |
4%
|
3%
|
8%
|
6%
|
4%
|
6%
|
| Credit Record
with Negative History |
37%
|
40%
|
51%
|
33%
|
28%
|
36%
|
| Workers Compensation |
14%
|
6%
|
14%
|
1%
|
12%
|
7%
|
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Hit Ratio Statistics by size of Company
|
TYPE OF CHECK &
RESULT
|
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES
|
|
|
1-49 Employees
|
50-999 Employees
|
1,000+ Employees
|
| Criminal Hit
Record |
4%
|
5%
|
5%
|
| False Information
on Resume |
48%
|
50%
|
53%
|
| Personal Reference
(Negative remarks) |
7%
|
10%
|
7%
|
| Driving Record
(1-3 violations) |
34%
|
31%
|
29%
|
| Driving Record
(4 or more violations) |
6%
|
6%
|
4%
|
| Credit Record
with Negative History |
34%
|
47%
|
42%
|
| Workers Compensation |
12%
|
11%
|
7%
|
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* Based
on American DataBank's research statistics 2002 - 2003.
Up to 30% of applications
contain false material/information
40% of the information on
résumé
is misrepresented
45% of potential employees
have either a criminal record, bad driving record, worker's compensation
claim or a bad credit history.
95% of all companies are
victims of theft, and yet only 10% ever discover it.
Employers lose 72% of all
negligent hiring suits.
Sexual harassment has increased
by over 130% from 1991 to 1997, an average of 15% annually.
40% of American drivers have
a violation on their driving record, while 25% don't have insurance
at all.
Approximately 2,000,000 workers
are victims of violent crimes while working or on duty annually,
costing employees $4.2 billion.
30% of all business failures
are caused by employee theft.
Estimates of fraud committed
by employees cost US companies approximately $20 billion annually.
Workplace theft tops out
at more than $120 billion annually.
Over 2 million crimes occur
in the workplace annually.
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