Trends in pre-employment screening
- Trends in pre-employment screening
A number of companies publish annual research into pre-employment screening, applicant fraud and its effect on business.
The market
Larger companies are more likely to outsource than their smaller counterparts – the average staff size of the companies who outsource is 3,313 compared to 2,162 for those who carry out in-house checks.
Financial services firms outsource the service the most, with over a quarter (26%) doing so, compared to an overall average of 16% who outsource vetting to a third party provider.
The construction and property industry showed the lowest level of outsourcing, with 89% of such firms in the sample carrying out checks in-house. [ [http://www.powerchex.co.uk/documents/powerchex%20press%20release.pdf Powerchex Annual Pre-employment Survey] ]
Extent of lying and embellishments on CVs
A number of annual reports, including BDO Hayward's Fraudtrack 4 [ [http://www.bdo.co.uk/fraudtrack Fraudtrack 4] ] and CIFAS [ [http://www.cifas.org.uk/default.asp?edit_id=658-57 CIFAS - The Enemy Within] ] , the UK's fraud prevention service have showed a rising level of major discrepancies and embellishments on CVs over previous years. Such business fraud cost UK businesses 1.4 bn in 2005. [ [http://www.bdo.co.uk/fraudtrack BDO Fraudtrack 4] ]
However, recent research by Powerchex shows a reverse in the trend. They found that in the 2006/7 period CV discrepancies had fallen by 31% to 13%. [ [http://money.guardian.co.uk/workweekly/story/0,,2141051,00.html Money Guardian] ]
Male/female
Women are marginally more likely to have a discrepancy on their CV: 13% of applicants submitted by women have a discrepancy compared to only 10% of those for men. [ [http://www.onrec.com/content2/newsimages/SurveyPowerchex.pdf OnRec] ]
Impact of qualifications
Graduates have marginally less discrepancies: 13% of their CVs contain a discrepancy compared to 17% of non-graduates.
Impact of seniority and age
Younger, more junior people are more likely to have a discrepancy on their CV. Someone in a junior administrative position is 23% more likely to have a discrepancy on their CV than in a managerial role. An applicant aged under 20 is 26% more likely to have a discrepancy than a 51-60 year old. [ [http://dofonline.co.uk/personnel/personnel-2007/drop-in-financial-job-applicant-frauds01807.html dofonline] ]
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