HireRight Launches 2020 Global Benchmark Report

HireRight has announced the release of its 2020 Global Employment Screening Benchmark Report, based on the findings of the business’s 13th Annual Benchmarking survey. More than 1,700 Human Resources professionals worldwide contributed with their insights. The report highlighted that just 48 percent of businesses perform background checks on their temporary workers and even fewer on their independent contractors, interns, and volunteers. Other key takeaways of the survey revealed that 32 percent of participating global companies do not conduct checks on any of their extended workforce, 54 percent of responding employers around the globe are finding discrepancies in their candidates’ employment histories, and 68 percent of participating global enterprises verify their candidates’ education credentials compared to just 39 percent of small- to medium-sized businesses who do the same.

 

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