{"id":9019,"date":"2020-10-15T15:01:55","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T15:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crigroup.com\/?p=9019"},"modified":"2022-07-13T09:12:12","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T09:12:12","slug":"survey-background-screening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crigroup.com\/ar\/survey-background-screening\/","title":{"rendered":"Background Screening Survey: COVID-19 is Impacting HR"},"content":{"rendered":"

An overwhelming number of COVID-19 background screening survey respondents said that the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting human resources at their company. There are also concerns about fraud, and the protection of confidential information as a large percentage of the workforce has gone virtual in work-from-home (WFH) arrangements.\u00a0<\/span>CRI<\/span>\u00ae\u00a0<\/strong>conducted the survey to measure the pulse of human resources during a challenging time in business worldwide. The largest number (38 per cent) of survey participants were human resources professionals, but respondents also included managers (19 per cent), executives, directors, administrators (27 per cent) and other roles.<\/span><\/p>\n

Survey results<\/span><\/h3>\n

Questions ranged from the impact of COVID-19 on the workforce to issues surrounding fraud and data protection. Most respondents said they are having to approach human resources issues in new ways with the changed landscape of conducting business during a pandemic. The following are a few of the major takeaways from the survey:<\/span><\/p>\n