Report Reveals Critical Background Check Mistakes Small Businesses Make
The 2014 HireRight Small Business Spotlight, indicates that employment screening is becoming more and more critical for small businesses, as they may fall victim to some common, but potentially significant screening mistakes. The Spotlight highlights the critical value that screening provides as 64 percent of respondents said screening has exposed a person who lied on a resume or application and 54 percent reported that screening uncovered issues that would not have been found otherwise. The Spotlight released by HireRight, explores small business background check processes based on an extensive survey of small business owners, executives, and managers.
“For small businesses, a bad hire represents a greater proportional cost for the organization than that of large enterprises since every key employee has a huge impact on the business and its customers. Even a single bad hire can stunt a small organization’s future growth,” said Rachel Trindade, vice president of marketing, HireRight. “Our Small Business Spotlight identifies some of the best practices for screening and important trends in background checks that small business owners should consider to improve their hiring quality.”