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Falsification of information by applicants
9% of job applicants falsely claimed they had a college degree, listed false employers, or identified jobs that didn’t exist. *Source: Resume Inflation: Two Wrongs May Mean No Rights, by Barbara Kat Repa, Nolo .com, 8/801 34% of all application forms contain outright lies about experience, education, and ability to perform essential functions on the job. *Source: Wall Street Journal
11% of job applicants misrepresented why they left a former employer. *Source: Resume Inflation: Two Wrongs May Mean No Rights, by Barbara Kat Repa
Nearly one-third of job applicants listed dates of employment that were inaccurate by more than three months. *Source: Resume Inflation: Two Wrongs May Mean No Rights, by Barbara Kat Repa
As many as 30% of jobseekers exaggerate their accomplishments, and about 10% “seriously misrepresent” their background.
*Source: The Complete Reference Checking Book, by Edward C. Adler
It costs $7,000 to replace a salaried employee, $10,000 to replace a mid-level employee, and $40,000 to replace a senior executive. *Source: Recruiting Times
In 1999, employers lost 60% of negligent hiring/supervision jury trials.
*Source: The Reish & Luftman Practical Guide to Employment Law On average, in U.S. businesses, at least half of all new hires “don’t work out.” *Source: Fortune, 2/00
On average, in U.S. businesses, at least half of all new hires “don’t work out.”
*Source: Fortune, 2/00
On-the-job violence costs employers $36 billion each year. *Source: Workplace Violence Research Institute
The average award in a workplace violence lawsuit exceeds $1 million per case.
*Source: Workplace Violence Research Institute
Workplace violence is the foremost concern of corporate security directors at Fortune 1000 companies. Other top concerns include employee selection and screening concerns, fraud and white-collar crime, theft, drugs and alcohol in the workplace, and unethical business practices.
*Source: Pinkerton, Top Security Threats, Year 2000 Survey
In May of 1999, an estimated 16,400 threats were made, 723 workers were attacked and 43,800 were harassed every work day. *Source: The Workplace Violence Research Institute
57% of respondents reported that a violent incident occurred in their workplace between 1/95 and 7/99.
*Source: Society of Human Resource Management, Workplace Violence Study, 1999 Drug abuse
One in six workers has a drug problem. *Source: Don’t Hire A Crook, Dennis DeMay and James R. Flowers Jr., 1999 Facts on Demand Press, pg. 90
87% of major US firms now test employees, job applicants, or both, for drug use.
*Source: Don’t Hire A Crook, Dennis DeMay and James R. Flowers Jr., 1999 Facts on Demand Press, pg. 90
"Fraud costs U.S. businesses more than $600 billion annually." *Source: The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), in its 2002 Report to the Nation on Occupational Fraud and Abuse
30% of all business failures are caused by employee theft.
*Source: American Management Association and US Chamber of Commerce
14.7% of all applicants admit to theft of merchandise from an employer.
*Source: Reid Psychological Systems (Don’t Hire a Crook, Dennis DeMay; James R. Flowers, Jr., 1999 Facts on Demand Press, pg. 88)
4.4% of all applicants admit to theft of cash from an employer.
*Source: Reid Psychological Systems (Don’t Hire a Crook, Dennis DeMay; James R. Flowers, Jr., 1999 Facts on Demand Press, pg. 88)
33% of all applicants admit to being tempted to steal from an employer.
*Source: Security Magazine, 3/97
A performing arts school in the Midwest was forced to close its doors following over $90,000 in thefts by a volunteer, from acts including bad check writing, forgery, grand theft, and money laundering. The volunteer had served time in prison twice before in two adjacent states for money related convictions and also had three prior convictions within his current state of residence, before he was given access to money by the school.
(2008, February 28). Charter school volunteer is sent to prison, The Toledo Blade. Retrieved March 10, 2008, from Google.com.
A girl’s basketball coach in the Pacific Northwest was arrested for felony sexual molestation of a child in his program. The coach had a misdemeanor conviction less than six years prior to his most recent arrest. The program relied upon local, fingerprint based checks that failed to find the lower level “peeping tom” conviction in his past.
Boyce, David. (2006, January 25). Basketball coach in molest case had prior ‘peeking’ conviction, The Almanac, Menlo Park, California
"At least 56 educators (teachers, substitutes and coaches) statewide were charged with or sentenced for educator sexual misconduct, or had their certificates suspended or revoked for such allegations, in the past two years. “
Based upon a Home News Tribune review of media reports and New Jersey Department of Education records."
"During the 2006-07 academic year, the New Jersey Department of Education's Board of Examiners revoked 60 teaching certificates and suspended 10 more for conduct unbecoming. The previous academic year, 46 certificates were revoked and 15 were suspended."
(August 19, 2007)- Greg Tufaro Home News Tribune (NJ) "Districts hit by educator sex crimes."
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