Criminals landing thousands of jobs

29 July 2015 - 02:08
By Graeme Hosken

More than 10% of job seekers have a criminal record and the numbers are rising as tens of thousands of desperate people lie their way into a job. Recruitment agency statistics show that the highest incidences of job applicants having a criminal record are in the metered taxi,motor, security, government and retailing sectors.

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