Kroll on Background Checks
Monday, May 19th, 2008A growing number of pre-employment background checks are yielding results that show applicants have criminal records, according to a report recently released by the Background Screening division of Kroll. The company, which is considered one of the world’s top risk consulting firms, monitors the percentage of background checks that have been flagged due to illicit behavior and release the results in their annual Hit Ratio Report.
In 2007, 9.5 percent of the individuals screen for work related purposed by Kroll had a criminal conviction in their past. This figure is up four-tenths of a percentage point since the previous year and a full percent since 2005 when only 8.5 percent of applicants had been found guilty of committing a crime.