Many businesses including amusement parks, hotels and restaurants are already starting to gear up for the summer season. In the past the summer season would typically begin around Memorial Day but to take advantage of overseas travelers and for other reasons the summer season can start as early as Easter or spring break.

Huge amounts of part time help will be required at places like Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom who alone will be hiring 2,500 positions for the summer 2015 season. With this enormous uptick of employment it is critical that companies take the time to thoroughly vet their seasonal workers. According to Global Retail Theft Barometer 2013 -2014 total shrinkage among retailers in North America was $42 billion. Performing professional background checks on seasonal hires can help reduce theft at retailers. At a minimum, businesses looking to hire part time or seasonal help should perform a criminal background check, social security number trace and sex offender registry search. If they want to reduce their risk even further they can perform an employment verification check and also conduct some personal and professional references. Currently the cost to perform employment background checks is far lower than that of the cost of a bad employee.

Temporary job positions are often filled by high school and college students who may not have worked anywhere else before. For these candidates it doesn’t make sense to spend money on background checks like previous employment verification. However, performing criminal background checks and a social security validation can greatly help paint a picture of the job candidate and also contribute to risk mitigation. To read more about this subject read the recent CriminalBackgroundRecords.com press release.