- It costs $7,000 to replace a salaried employee, $10,000 to replace a mid-level employee and $40,000 to replace a senior executive.
Source: Recruiting Times
- 9% of job applicants falsely claimed they had a college degree, listed false employers or identified jobs that didn’t exist.
Source: Resume Inflation: Two Wrongs May Mean No Rights, by Barbara Kat Repa, Nolo .com, 8/801
- As many as 30 percent of job seekers exaggerate their accomplishments, and about 10 percent “seriously misrepresent” their backgrounds.
Source: The Complete Reference Checking Book, by Edward C. Adler
- 11% of job applicants misrepresented why they left a former employer.
Source: Resume Inflation: Two Wrongs May Mean No Rights, by Barbara Kat Repa, Nolo .com, 8/801
- The average award in a workplace violence lawsuit exceeds $1 million per case.
Source: Workplace Violence Research Institute
- One in six workers has a drug problem.
Source: Don’t Hire A Crook, Dennis DeMay and James R. Flowers Jr., 1999 Facts on Demand Press, pg. 90
- 7% of all applicants admit to theft of merchandise from an employer.
Source: Reid Psychological Systems (Don’t Hire a Crook, Dennis DeMay; James R. Flowers, Jr., 1999 Facts on Demand Press, pg. 88)