You have seen multiple posts from us here at The Hire Sense on background verification and it’s importance in the hiring process. This morning as I was scanning through some online content, I came across some statistics from Verified Credentials on verification discrepancies.
- 10% of criminal background searches contain discrepancies
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18.42% of academic verifications contain discrepancies
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41.07% of employment verifications contain discrepancies
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4.17% of professional license verifications contain discrepancies
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1% of personal reference checks contain discrepancies
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46.65% of driving records contain discrepancies
A discrepancy is defined as “information provided by the applicant which does not agree with the information verified.” This does not always mean that the discrepancy would disqualify the applicant.