27 May - Labour - in 2009, 14% of job applicants were said to have a criminal record

In today’s show, we were joined on the line by Kristen Halcrow – Managing Director of Employers’ Mutual Protection Services or EMPS. EMPS offers the latest Workforce Integrity Solutions assisting businesses to reduce the risk that a potentially dishonest employee could pose. According to EMPS 2009 Annual Screening Statistics, 14% of job applicants have a criminal record, 22% of applicants with a criminal record are repeat offenders, 21-25% job applicants have some kind of credit record, and 13% of drivers licenses checked were invalid while 8.5% of all qualifications submitted for verification were unverifiable. We were talking to Kristen about the importance job candidates screening. For more information contact EMPS on (011) 678 0807 or visit www.emps.co.za