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Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Criminal Records Background Check - Why They Are So Important
What can a Criminal Background Check do for you and your business?
Plenty.
A convenience store clerk on his first day of work walks off with over $1500 in cash. A medium size municipality loses over $10,000 in parking fees and fines over a period of 18 months due to a dishonest employee. A charitable organization is unable to fund many worthwhile activities due to losses caused by a employee in charge of handling contributions. A retail clothing store suffers thousands of dollars in losses in merchandise as a result of employee theft. A store owner is sued because she unknowingly hired a sex offender
What did these employees have in common? All of these employees had prior criminal records that would have been revealed if the employer had just taken the time to perform a simple criminal records background check.
Think it can't happen to you and your business? Studies have shown that at least 30% of the workforce will steal from their employer sometime in their working career and fully 75% of those who do steal will never be caught. It is estimated that over one billion dollars is stolen every week by dishonest employees. It cost on average $20 in sales to make up for every $1 lost through employee theft. And employee theft can actually kill a business. Fully one quarter of business failings are thought to be linked to dishonest employee actions. And don't count on other employees reporting the theft either. Studies have shown that most employees will not report thefts they see.
Performing a criminal records background check is a necessity in todays society. Business's must be aware of who they are hiring both for monetary and legal reasons. A properly performed criminal background check can save you the business owner from having to contend with serious consequences down the road. Every business owner no matter what type of business they are involved in should perform a through check on every prospective employee, vendor or potential business client that they are associated with. The same can be said for individuals that you deal with. Everyday we are made aware of people who were not aware of the past record of the people they are associated with. Sometimes this only results in the loss of money or possessions, other times however the results can be tragic.
Plenty.
A convenience store clerk on his first day of work walks off with over $1500 in cash. A medium size municipality loses over $10,000 in parking fees and fines over a period of 18 months due to a dishonest employee. A charitable organization is unable to fund many worthwhile activities due to losses caused by a employee in charge of handling contributions. A retail clothing store suffers thousands of dollars in losses in merchandise as a result of employee theft. A store owner is sued because she unknowingly hired a sex offender
What did these employees have in common? All of these employees had prior criminal records that would have been revealed if the employer had just taken the time to perform a simple criminal records background check.
Think it can't happen to you and your business? Studies have shown that at least 30% of the workforce will steal from their employer sometime in their working career and fully 75% of those who do steal will never be caught. It is estimated that over one billion dollars is stolen every week by dishonest employees. It cost on average $20 in sales to make up for every $1 lost through employee theft. And employee theft can actually kill a business. Fully one quarter of business failings are thought to be linked to dishonest employee actions. And don't count on other employees reporting the theft either. Studies have shown that most employees will not report thefts they see.
Performing a criminal records background check is a necessity in todays society. Business's must be aware of who they are hiring both for monetary and legal reasons. A properly performed criminal background check can save you the business owner from having to contend with serious consequences down the road. Every business owner no matter what type of business they are involved in should perform a through check on every prospective employee, vendor or potential business client that they are associated with. The same can be said for individuals that you deal with. Everyday we are made aware of people who were not aware of the past record of the people they are associated with. Sometimes this only results in the loss of money or possessions, other times however the results can be tragic.
# posted by gopi @ 5:05 AM 
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