Candidates Do Lie!!
Why is it important to do background checks on candidates? Because, believe it or not, some candidates do lie! Bob Gandee, President of BackTrack Inc., a pre-employment screening firm www.backtracker.com, states that "5% of all applicants screened revealed a criminal history." This doesn't count the number of misrepresentations on employment history, education and job duties. For example, I was working on a position in which my client pegged Candidate A as their #1 candidate. He was very personable, very knowledgeable in the industry and many employees within my client's company knew him. It all seemed to be perfect. Then as we normally do, we ran a background check on him. It stated he didn't have a college degree as he said he did. My client did not hire him and was very grateful since they didn't normally do background checks. If Candidate A was lying about something like that, what else would he lie about?
If you are currently doing background checks on all your new employees, congratulations! If you are not, I suggest you start doing so. It will save you a lot of time, money and aggravation down the road. It pays to be as thorough as possible when bringing on a new employee! Be sure to work with recruiters who are also thorough and have your best interest in mind!
Lisa Sprowls
Recruiter Solutions International
800-992-3875 ext. 313
lisa@rsipeople.com
www.rsipeople.com
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