The Future of Firewalls The Toll of Violence Home on the Page Screen Test Hollywood wouldn't dream of casting a role without asking the actors to take a screen test.
Business success is no less dependent on the abilities of the people who play each part.
Yet fully eighteen percent of the companies surveyed recently by Security Management did no screening of candidates in 1997. Of the companies that required screening, more than a quarter failed to require background screening of candidates for security officer positions. Smaller percentages of those responding to the survey looked at military, financial, licensing, civil court, and other records. Overall, 77.9 percent of organizations administered one or more tests as a part of the screening process. Responses were received from 234 readers, a 47 percent response rate.