Tomorrow, Taleo Research will release a new report on background screening practices in US large companies. You can download the full report here. We are not only covering the findings in this report, but also recommending key best practices.

The big surprises are that 57% of companies think they should be doing a better job of background screening. Also, 27% of organizations experienced a major problem “workplace fraud (10%), employee theft (10%) or workplace violence (7%) ” that might have been prevented at the point of hire during the background check.

The most interesting finding for me was that only 29% of companies have ever run an audit of their current screening provider. I guess the industry is about to change with this little statement

By the way, did I mention that today Taleo came out with an integrated background checking module called Taleo Verify for both hiring and ongoing background screening? Check out how Taleo addresses these issues here.