Statistics reveal 34% of applicants falsify their experience

Freight recruitment specialists, EMK Staffing Solutions, have released to FTW statistics compiled for them from their own records by a leading SA personal credentials verification organisation. “This,” said Samantha Konkol, head of parent company PAG’s freight division, “stated that 34% of job applicants falsify their experience, education and abilities; 33% give inaccurate dates of employment; 30% exaggerate their accomplishments; 11% misrepresent their reasons for leaving their previous employer; 10% misrepresent their background; and 9% falsify their qualifications, employers and roles. “In addition, research conducted in SA shows that 25% of workers just show up to collect their salary; 40% feel disconnected from their employers; and 66% do not identify with or feel motivated to drive their employers’ business goals or objectives.” The research also shows that job performance, job satisfaction and retention increase significantly if an organisation hires the right person for the position with a right fit for the company. “So far this year,” Konkol added, “15% of the criminal checks submitted by PAG came back positive; 17% of the qualification checks submitted came back unconfirmed; 30% of the credit history requests came back with a negative history; and 7% of ID verification checks came back as incorrect.”