The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) just published an eye-opening study on employers use of employee background checks.
The big takeaway that SHRM and other industry writers have chosen to highlight is that the use of pre-employment background screening has declined since their last survey was conducted in 2010. In the 2012 survey, 14 percent of respondents say that they never perform criminal background checks compared to 7 percent in 2010.
This finding is particularly puzzling and runs counter to what we are seeing in the marketplace. (more…)