There was a recent survey conducted by a popular employment website. It went through many of the pitfalls employers were coming up against in finding new, qualified candidates. It seems that it was not related to findings from employee background checks, but rather communication breakdowns within the hiring process.
Many employers, who received applications, consistently sent out an automatically generated email stating that the application was received and would undergo review. Of those applications, very few were notified by the company that they had not been picked for an interview, and of the ones that had been picked even fewer candidates were actually notified that they did not receive the job.
Communication was not just lacking by the employers. It was also coming from the applicants who at one point or another in the process expressed a genuine interest in the job.
The employers interviewed spoke of candidates not showing up for interviews, declining positions after they had accepted them, and some candidates not even showing up for their first day of work with no communication as to why.
Many applicants cited a lack of initial communication from employers as reasons why their interest waned over the process. As hiring practices are being drug out sometimes as long as four to six months, with many of those months with zero communication from the potential employer, employee candidates second guess if they really want to work for those companies.
Employee background checks are still very relevant and needed. If an employer isn’t respectful during the hiring process, they can almost guarantee that they will end up with a bad hire by the end, and no pre employment screening is needed to tell you that.
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