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Worker Confidence Can Be A Business Problem

Employee confidence sags in September

St. Louis Business Journal – by Jacksonville Business Journal

Even though the U.S. job market rebounded in September, the number of U.S. workers confident in the economy and in their personal employment situation dropped over the month, according to a recent survey from Spherion Corp. of 2,897 working adults.

The Spherion Employee Confidence Index, a monthly gauge of overall worker confidence, decreased by 1.8 points to 56.7 points in September, its lowest level this year and second consecutive decline. The survey, conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of Fort, Lauderdale, Fla.-based Spherion Corp., says that 79 percent of workers remain confident that they will not lose their job in the next year, but also says that fewer feel confident in the future of their current employer and in their ability to find a new job.

According to the Index, the percentage of workers confident in the future of their current employer dropped 3 percentage points to 64 percent in September.

Fifty-eight percent of U.S. adult workers are confident in their own ability to find a new job, down 4 percentage points from August. In addition, 33 percent are likely to seek new jobs in the next 12 months, compared to 37 percent in August.

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First Corra reads that employee confidence is down. Then comes news that small business owners lose confidence in their business prognosis. Then the job report comes out and claims that the job market is more robust than anyone expected. Who’s to know what is going on?

Nobody, it seems. But life goes on, and so does business. As a business owner you need to engage in business development, you need to diversify and explore new business channels. You need to recruit to hire people to help you expand.

So you need background checks. A preemployment screening program is a vital component to any hiring procedure. Background checks will help you avoid costly hiring misjudgments and leave you less vulnerable to costly liability.

So whether we are in good times or bad, be smart about your business. Check them out before you hire.

By Gordon Basichis

Gordon Basichis is the Co-Founder of Corra Group, specializing in pre-employment background checks and corporate research. He has been a marketing and media executive and has worked in the entertainment industry, the financial, health care and technology sectors. He is the author of the best selling Beautiful Bad Girl, The Vicki Morgan Story, a non-fiction novel that helped define exotic sexuality in the late twentieth century. He is the author of the Constant Travellers and has recently completed a new book, The Guys Who Spied for China, dealing with Chinese Espionage in the United States. He has been a journalist for several newspapers and is a screenwriter and producer.