Most people who have a spotty background or work history have a way of sniffing out companies who do not run pre-employment screening, or who do not call for references. This puts those companies and stores at a higher risk for poor performance, excessive absences, and ultimately a higher risk of cash and merchandise theft.
As a retail security manager, I have had the pleasure of working with some of the best companies out there. I have also had the misfortune of working with some of the worst, especially when it comes to pre-employment screening. It’s not that these companies were bad, it was more about the resources they had available to them and to their employees for conducting the pre-employment screening.
I noticed a significant difference in several areas depending on how thorough of an employee background check the company did. One of the biggest areas of difference was in turnover rates. The companies who spent the time and resources to run a better check ended up with employees who seemed to stay longer.
Their retention wasn’t centered on the employees’ happiness; it was more specifically about the termination rate by management of their poor performing employees.
I also noticed that there was a higher rate of inventory discrepancies and unexplained cash shortages in those stores and companies that did not conduct thorough employee background checks.
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