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Job Slowdown But More PreEmployment Screening

Hiring Seen Slowing in 2nd Quarter: Manpower

Posted by roboblogger

“This is a very slow and gradual decline from a labor market perspective”

U.S. employers are less optimistic about hiring in the next three months than they were in the first quarter or a year ago, but the slowdown is gradual and international labor markets are now less synchronized …

For the entire article go to topix.net

This isn’t the first report that Corra has read where they claim the job market is slowing down. Fewer jobs then the less the need for background checks. Right? Not quite.

In fact, Corra has found that more and more businesses are signing up for Background Checks. With the state of the economy and frankly some members of the work force in what can be politely called as shaky ground, many more employers want to make sure their job candidates really are who they say they are. They are checking for identity misrepresentation, criminal records and driving records. It is, after all, the smart thing to do.

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.