{"id":278,"date":"2006-09-04T14:52:42","date_gmt":"2006-09-04T19:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/?p=278"},"modified":"2006-09-04T14:52:07","modified_gmt":"2006-09-04T19:52:07","slug":"employees-sticky-fingers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/09\/employees-sticky-fingers\/","title":{"rendered":"Employee&#8217;s Sticky Fingers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am probably naive about this topic, but I found <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/inc\/headlines\/~3\/18510556\/theft.html\" target=\"_blank\">this Inc.com article<\/a> to be surprising regarding theft:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>While only one in 10 workers admit stealing from their employers, close to <strong>40% of hiring managers say they have fired an employee for theft at the office<\/strong>, according to a recent survey.<\/p>\n<p>The survey, conducted by CareerBuilder.com, found that the most commonly purloined items were office supplies (15%), money (14%), and merchandise (11%).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>40%<\/em> just seems incredibly high. However, this motivation does not surprise me:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;One of the biggest reasons employees steal from the companies they work for is they feel the company owes them,&#8221; Marasco said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Much of this does come down to proper hiring. Surely some bad apples will get through, but verifying information through a third party will positively impact this problem. We recommend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.verifiedcredentials.com\" target=\"_blank\">Verified Credentials<\/a> if you are looking for a provider of these services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am probably naive about this topic, but I found this Inc.com article to be surprising regarding theft: While only one in 10 workers admit stealing from their employers, close to 40% of hiring managers say they have fired an employee for theft at the office, according to a recent survey. The survey, conducted by CareerBuilder.com, found that the most commonly purloined items were office supplies (15%), money (14%), and merchandise (11%). 40% just seems incredibly high. However, this motivation does not surprise me: &#8220;One of the biggest reasons employees steal from the companies they work for is they feel the company owes them,&#8221; Marasco said. Much of this does&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/09\/employees-sticky-fingers\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,11,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hiring","category-team-management","category-trends"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-4u","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1355,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/12\/hiring-continues-to-expand-in-2008\/","url_meta":{"origin":278,"position":0},"title":"Hiring Continues To Expand In 2008","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"December 27, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"No real surprises from this CNNMoney.com article (emphasis mine): Employers are trimming their hiring plans but still expect to add workers in 2008, according to a survey released Wednesday. Online job search site CareerBuilder.com said its survey of 3,016 hiring managers and human resource professionals in the private sector found\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hiring&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hiring","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1623,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/06\/hiring-on-the-rebound\/","url_meta":{"origin":278,"position":1},"title":"Hiring On The Rebound","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"June 18, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"The hiring outlook from the Manpower survey looks far better than a year ago which is a good sign.\u00a0 Although there is weakness in areas, the hiring trend is still positive: \u201cWhile overall softness continues in the third quarter, employers are generally not reacting with large-scale payroll reductions,\u201d said Jeffrey\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Economy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Economy","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/economy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1129,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/08\/hiring-via-gut-feeling\/","url_meta":{"origin":278,"position":2},"title":"Hiring Via &quot;Gut Feeling&quot;","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"August 14, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"If ever you wondered why hiring is such a gamble, feast your eyes on these 4 paragraphs from Inc.com's Survey: Hiring Often Based on \"Gut Feeling\": Most small-business owners hire employees based on likeability, rather than qualifications, according to a recent survey. 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Nineteen percent of the CEOs expect to expand\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Economy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Economy","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/economy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1731,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/09\/using-social-networks-for-conducting-background-checks\/","url_meta":{"origin":278,"position":4},"title":"Using Social Networks For Conducting Background Checks","author":"Lee Fratzke","date":"September 16, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"In catching up on some posts and articles from the weekend I came across a survey from CareerBuilder on Cheezhead.\u00a0 The survey is looking to see how many hiring managers use social networking sites for conducting background checks.\u00a0\u00a0 Here are the findings: Of those hiring managers who have screened job\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hiring&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hiring","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1176,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/09\/hiring-outlook-still-strong\/","url_meta":{"origin":278,"position":5},"title":"Hiring Outlook Still Strong","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"September 11, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"The hiring outlook for the remainder of the year is being bandied about by the media, but the latest Manpower survey paints a fairly clear picture of a strong market: Of the 14,000 U.S. employers surveyed, 27% expect to increase their workforces during the fourth quarter of 2007, while 9%\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hiring&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hiring","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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