First Advantage Releases 2019 Top Screening Trends and Insights
First Advantage released the results of its “2019 Top Screening Trends & Insights” State of the Industry report. After surveying enterprise customers and cross-referencing their responses with aggregated data from more than 66 million annual global searches, First Advantage was able to identify the key trends driving the employment background screening industry.
Available as a five-part series, the initial findings reveal lessons learned such as the need to balance risk and speed (with healthcare indicating the most concern about risk mitigation and retail requiring speed) and seasonal hiring spikes including increases in the retail, business services and transportation sectors each fall. Other compelling findings include: