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There any many alarming statistics regarding the behaviors of some job applicants. For example, you might find it shocking to learn that at least 2 of 5 job applications and resumes contain serious factual falsehoods, according to The Wall Street Journal. These falsehoods include misrepresentations about employment histories, salaries, responsibilities, and educational accomplishments. Even a higher percentage contains minor misleading discrepancies or totally fails to disclose important information. 

The good news is that Michigan Chamber customers can get discounted pricing on valuable Employment Background Screening Services through our partner, LABORCHEX. They provide great service backed by superb technology to give you a cost effective way to easily and quickly check the backgrounds of your job applicants. NO set up fees! NO minimum order requirements!

There are are many reasons why you should screen your job applicants:

• Places a safer, more quality-oriented employee on the payroll
• Minimizes turnover, training, and unemployment costs
• Complies with DOT regulations
• Develops and maintains safer, more productive worksites
• Provides better control of all employment liability
• Creates a deterrent to undesirable applicants
• Builds an overall environment of safety and security
• Saves money & time from day one
• Your competitors for the same types of employees are probably doing it. Don’t hire their rejects.

Did you know?

• Between 5% and 8% of applicants have criminal records ranging from serious felony crimes such as assault and robbery to misdemeanor convictions for shoplifting and possession of small amounts of controlled substances. 
• Over 2/3 of the requests made to college registrars for confirmation of educational credentials reveal factual discrepancies. 
• Over 2 million thefts of personal property occur every year in the workplace. 
• Business owners and managers commit over 42% of all employee thefts. 
• Employee theft is the cause of over 1/3 of all business failures, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
• About 21% of violent crimes occur in the workplace, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. 
• 12% of all deaths, which occur at the workplace, are due to homicides, according to the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.

For detailed information on how LABORCHEX can help you, please click on the appropriate statement below that best describes your current employment screening procedures.

• We currently outsource our employment screening
• We process some/all of our employment screening internally
• We currently do not have employment screening procedures in place

More Information

• Creating and Implementing an Employment Screening Program
• Description of Services
• Special Pricing
• Orders and Results How-Tos
• How to Get Started
• Samples

Need help right now? Call or email Steven J. Austin at LABORCHEX at 1-800-880-0366 ext. 4574. Be sure to mention you are a Michigan Chamber of Commerce customer in order to receive the special pricing.