91.   Many businesses are reporting shortages of qualified job applicants, forcing them to offer higher wages.

92.   Many businesses have found it necessary to offer higher wages to attract job applicants.

93.   Many businesses report shortages of qualified job applicants, forcing them to offer higher wages.

94.   Many of the documents are easy to forge, and employers are reluctant to ask too many questions of job applicants for fear of being accused of discrimination.

95.   More and more employers are using credit reports as hiring tools, but job applicants are rarely told, say people who are critical of the practice.

96.   Most employers believe that asking job applicants or employees their race could be construed as discriminatory.

97.   Mosher has used Business Directions Inc., of Atlanta, for background searches on Allied Domecq job applicants.

98.   Most workers and managers also agreed that genetic tests should not be used by employers to reject job applicants or by health insurers to reject applicants seeking coverage.

99.   On the other side, job applicants need to protect themselves against companies reneging on offers.

100.   Organizations that conduct background checks report a surge in requests over the last two months from companies that want to screen job applicants and employees.