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New Report Reveals Results of Background Checks
The ‘2005 Applicant Hit Ratio Analysis’ shows applicants in the construction industry turned up with more negative hits for criminal records (13.7%) and DMV violations (50.2%) than any other industry.
The largest drug testing hits were surprisingly from applicants in the education industry, with 12.7% of negative information turning up for those applicants. This far exceeded the number two industry for drug testing hits, which was the automotive industry at 6.5%.
Applicants in the non-profit industry turned up the most derogatory information in the areas of past employment verification (46.2%) and education verification (21.7%).
The analysis is here .