70 of the Worst Real Hiring Stories From Around The Nation

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A convicted felon hired as a school bus driver. A finance manager with three fraud convictions. A daycare worker with a history no parent should have to Google.

These aren't hypotheticals. They're real stories from real hiring managers, HR directors, and small business owners who learned the hard way what happens when background screening gets skipped, rushed, or done poorly.

This ebook collects 70 of the worst hiring decisions from across the country — anonymized, retold, and paired with the background screening steps that would have surfaced the truth before it became a liability. The Bad Hire Podcast is hosted by Ken Monroe, the CEO of Bchex.

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70 of the Worst Real Hiring Stories From Around The Nation - Bchex & The Bad Hire Podcast