The pressure of the season can fuel a strong sense of urgency among hiring managers to make quick decisions, often without taking a deeper dive into the background and, perhaps more significantly, neglecting to reference check potential employees.

A bad hire can lower overall morale, give poor customer service or fall drastically short of retail sales goals, not to mention contribute to inventory shrinkage. As a result, the cost of an unfit or fraudulent hire can be substantial.

Download this paper to find out the stats on how much shrinkage costs US retailers per year and per candidate, what percentage of your candidates may be fraudsters and most importantly, how to avoid hiring them.