Statistics of Employment Screening and Background Checks

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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%

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%

* Based on American DataBank's research statistics 2008 - 2010.

Up to 30% of applications contain false material/information

40% of the information on résume 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.

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.