Is Background Screening Worth It?

Yesterday I wrote 4 Ways That Employee Screening Boosts Employers’ ROI.  Today I want to share an article I found on the HR Management website.  It’s called “The ROI of Background Screening: Making Financial Sense of “Best Practices.”

Here’s a snippet:

“At the heart of every good Human Resources or Risk Management hiring strategy is employment background screening. Employment background screening is widely recognized as a necessary process that is designed to keep out undesirable candidates, but it also represents a significant expense. The question then is this: How much actual dollar value does a background screening program deliver?”

The Answer

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