After a few months, Susan could not figure out why Robert was not adequately fulfilling the requirements of his job. His application stated that he had held a similar position at his former job for almost 2 years, yet he needed more attention than any of the other new employees. She called his previous employer to investigate. Though Robert had indeed worked at the company he listed, he had only worked for ten months as an administrative assistant, not for two years as a controller as his application claimed. In fact, Robert had never worked in any position that qualified him for his new job. Had Susan ordered a simple employment verification on Robert, she would have realized that he lied on his application and he was simply unqualified. Unfortunately, she was too busy with hiring tasks to call previous employers. If Susan had included verifications in her employment screening package, she would have saved herself and the company valuable time and money that was instead spent on an unqualified employee.