© 2004 SHRM

SHRM Weekly Online Survey: April 27, 2004

Background Checks and Resume Inaccuracies

• Sample comprised of 373 randomly selected HR professionals.

• Analyzing 373 responses of 1590 emails sent, 1564 received (response rate = 24%)

• Survey fielded April 27 – May 3, 2004; presentation generated on May 4, 2004.

• Margin of error is +/- 5.1%

© 2004 SHRM

SHRM Weekly Online Survey: April 27, 2004

1. When investigating the backgrounds of job candidates how often do you find inaccuracies in their resumes?

6%

55%

27%

2%9%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

Often Sometimes Rarely Never N/A - We do notinvestigate

backgrounds ofpotential employees

© 2004 SHRM

SHRM Weekly Online Survey: April 27, 2004

1. When investigating the backgrounds of job candidates how often do you find inaccuracies in their resumes?

Choice Count Percentage Answered

Sometimes 204 54.80%

Rarely 102 27.40%

Not Applicable – we do not investigate the background of potential employees

35 9.40%

Often 22 5.90%

Never 9 2.40%