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34% of all employment verifications performed reveal exaggeration or fraudulent information.
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11% of all educational verifications performed contain falsifications.
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42% of all driving records pulled contain infractions.
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37.6% of surveyed college students admit to a history of criminal offenses
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According to surveys of Human Resource Executives, more than half the resumes they receive contain exaggerated or fraudulent information and/or significant omissions.
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34% of resumes and 73% of job applications contain falsified or embellished information
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6.5 million adults were on probation, in jail or on parole at year end 2000
(Bureau of Justice statistics 2002)
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3.1% of all U.S. adult residents on probation, in jail or on parole at year end 2000
(Bureau of Justice statistics 2002)
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The Justice Department report claims that Nearly 2 million people are victims of workplace violence each year
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Over 30% of all business failures are the result of negligent hiring.
(U.S. Chamber of Commerce)
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Embezzlement alone costs companies $4 billion a year.
(U.S. Chamber of Commerce)
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13 people die through workplace violence each week.
(HR News, Jan 2002)
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As much as 30% of all offenders are "multi-State" offenders; that is, they have both Federal and state records or arrests in more than one state.
(Federal Bureau of Investigations)
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Most persons arrested for criminal offenses have prior arrest records, and many have arrest records in more than one state.
(Federal Bureau of Investigations)
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33% of State prisoners and 22% of Federal prisoners said they had committed their current offense while under the influence of drugs.
(Business Life, 2001)
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20% of the workplace population is using alcohol or other drugs at the worksite."
(Business Life, 2001)
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73% of all drug users are employed
(Institute for a drug-free workplace: www.drugfreeworkplace.org)
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7.4 million employees abused drugs last month
(Institute for a drug-free workplace: www.drugfreeworkplace.org)
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52% of all employees who test "positive" for drugs are daily users
(Institute for a drug-free workplace: www.drugfreeworkplace.org)
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35% of workers have seen or heard of on-the-job drug use by co-workers
(Institute for a drug-free workplace: www.drugfreeworkplace.org)
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Alcohol misuse in the U.S. to be $117 billion including $66 billion in lost productivity.
(DOT 1997)
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