Employers surveyed revealed that the combination of insufficient talent intelligence and the lack of reference checking attributed to 33% of bad hires. A recent survey of 2,696 employers, conducted by Careerbuilder, outlined some pretty eye-opening statistics regarding bad hiring decisions. The study revealed that 68% of employers were affected by a bad hire within the previous year. There is no doubt that most employers will make the wrong hiring decision at some point.
On Sunday May 13th 2012, Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson resigned as CEO of the search engine giant after growing pressure from angry shareholders for embellishing his education credentials. Mr. Thompson stated that he earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting and computer science from Stonewall College, where he actually only obtained an accounting degree. In fact, Stonewall College did not even offer computer science degrees until 1983 after Mr. Thompson graduated in 1979.
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Employment Background Investigations, Inc (EBI) Chief Knowledge Officer, Robert Capwell, will present an education session at the Gulf Coast Symposium on Human Resource Issues in Houston, Texas on Wednesday, May 9th at 3:45pm titled - Critical Employment Background Screening Resources for HR Professionals in Texas.
Discussion topics within Mr. Capwell's presentation will include searching criminal records and sex offender databases in the state, an overview of education and employment fraud, and using social media for employee screening.
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