Benefits January 27, 2006

New Report Reveals Results of Background Checks

January 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - InfoLink Screening Service has released a report of the percentages of negative findings on applicant background checks in 2005 broken down by screening type and industry.
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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 .

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