Challenging Economy Makes Employment Screening More Vital Than Ever!

Location:   Jackson, Mississippi Contact:   Steven J. Austin, Director of Communications                 800-880-0366    saustin@laborchex.com        IN CHALLENGING ECONOMIC TIMES, EVERY NEW HIRE IS A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT! Background screening of job applicants is more important than ever. Businesses need to make wise hiring decisions to minimize risks and avoid lawsuits. Even in this tough economy, businesses must replace workers and hire new ones. “The costs of turnover are immense,” explains Steven J. Austin, longtime LABORCHEX Director of Communications (a Mississippi owned and operated company since 1991, offering employment background screening services to clients nationwide). “When you combine the costs of recruiting, interviewing, testing, overtime to cover an unfilled position, and other factors, it’s easy to see why the goal of every business should be to hire the best person the first time around.” With so many people out of work and pounding the pavement looking for jobs, it’s only natural that an employer will be presented with job applications and resumes that are not necessarily totally reflective of the applicant’s work, education, and personal history. “If someone is desperate to find a job, he/she might embellish a resume to indicate more experience and qualifications than are an accurate reflection of the truth,” says Austin. “Also, a person may choose to omit details of damaging criminal records which could impact a hiring decision.” Checking the backgrounds of job applicants can include a review of previous employment and education, a check of criminal and driving records, confirmation of professional credentials, contact of references, and other levels of screening. Says Austin, “LABORCHEX is one of the nation’s oldest background screening companies, and over the years the process to place orders and get results has become infinitely more simplified and efficient due to increasing technological breakthroughs. Our clients nationwide can go to our website, and whether they have one location or hundreds they can easily place orders, get results, and manage information. Our advanced technology can even be integrated with their internal human resources software.” LABORCHEX screenings comply with all federal and state laws, and clients use the objective information provided to make their own hiring decisions. Says Austin, “Even now we get new clients every week, and I am continually amazed at how many companies do not do any background screening at all. One bad hire can get your business on a newspaper’s front page or the six o’clock news. The relatively low cost of screenings makes it a vital investment, now more than ever.” LABORCHEX is located in Jackson, Mississippi, and works with clients nationwide representing almost every industry imaginable. LABORCHEX is also endorsed by many state and national associations. The website is: www.laborchex.com === === ===


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LABORCHEX is one of the nation's oldest employment background screening companies, in business since 1991 with clients representing almost every industry imaginable.

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