Background Screening and Investigations

4 Insights From Background Screening Surveys¹

In June 2005, PreemploymentDirectory.com conducted the 2005 Employers’ Practices in Background Screening Survey to identify the current practices that businesses were using to conduct background screenings. The survey was initiated because of the changing face of background screening and we believed that businesses needed to have more information about this emerging business practice.

I doubt that we could find a manager involved in the hiring process today who would not agree that this is a turbulent time for employers who are competing for talent. Hiring quality people has become one of the business issues of the 21st century, and the competitiveness in the recruitment arena is escalating at a ...