Tag Archive: Candidate Fraud

1. 5 Alarming Background Check Items That Go Unnoticed

   April 8, 2020 12:00 am

   A new employee is hired and onboarded’months into their employment, it’s revealed that they have some unsettling, if not outright alarming, prior activity. How can this be, you wonder: you performed a background check before hiring them and everything appeared fine. 

   The problem is that standard background checks only go so far’and they often fail to catch behaviors that were not “officially” recorded or are outside the reach of standard databases.

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2. 5 Ways Candidate Fraud Can Carve Into Your Bottom Line

   February 17, 2020 12:00 am

   Warren Buffett famously quipped that all employees must embody energy, intelligence, and integrity. And the hands-down most important? For Buffett, it’s integrity‘without which you’ll only wind up with a clever, fast-moving thief.

   We couldn’t agree more. Job applications and interviews tend to focus on other candidate characteristics’without confirming that these will be put to use for the right reasons. But honesty plays a more significant role than most hiring managers might realize. 

   Consider this: for modern businesses, nearly 75% of data breaches are created from within. In 2019 alone, the average data breach cost a company $3.9 million. Failing to evaluate integrity results in significant risk’and can impact your company with tragic and avoidable loss. 

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3. Liar! Liar! Are selection overclaims translating into on the job transgression?

   December 13, 2019 12:00 am

   Faking on job applications and resumes has become widespread, with some sources estimating that up to 85% of people exaggerate or lie on their resume¹. But is it really that bad to hire someone who over-claims or misrepresents things a little bit in the hiring process? Recent research suggests that the answer is yes.

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4. How to Deal With Fake References

   April 5, 2019 12:00 am

   Fake job references. They’re a natural part of the hiring process and, just like inflated resumes and far-fetched claims during the interview, need to be identified.

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5. Nasty tactics offered to job seekers that employers should know about

   January 23, 2018 12:00 am

   Employers, this is a warning: some job seekers use nasty tactics… This short article will show you what some job seekers do and how you can avoid being fooled.
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6. Debriefing the Interview: 6 Keys to Perfecting the Process

   May 18, 2016 12:00 am

   Hiring for talent is hard work ‘ and it takes a team to get it right.
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