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SECURITY CHECKS COST PEANUTS AND PREVENT MIS-HIRES

Recently I interviewed the president of one of the top security check firms, and he repeated the statistics we’ve all heard – that most resumes contain deliberate falsehoods.  The question is – are these small errors, or major, like having been convicted of a felony?

Almost all Topgraders require security checks on selection candidates.  Like the TORC (Threat of Reference Check) Technique, knowing a security check will be done can cause dishonest people to not apply for jobs.  But too few companies require security checks, even of candidates for senior positions.

So, use TOSC (Threat of Security Check) to discourage dishonest and low-performing candidates from applying, and use the security checks to weed out the psychopaths who were arrogant enough to think they could manipulate you to hire them despite their ethical slips.