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The Rise of the Fake Employment Reference
Checking a candidate’s employment references from previous employers is one of the most common types of employment background check. An employment reference should give dates of employment and details of the role. Sometimes, they may also contain details about the individual’s performance or other related information, although this often depends on the previous employer’s referencing Read more…
Rescreening Employees and Why It’s Important
When employers and hiring managers are selecting their candidates, pre-employment screening is a hugely important part of the process. It’s commonly used at the onboarding stage to ensure a new employee has the skills and experience necessary for the role, as well as establishing transparency and trust in your staff base. But if a member Read more…
Screening international employees: Do you know what’s required?
With the UK being subject to its own privacy regulations like GDPR, are businesses aware of the screening procedures required when it comes to hiring teams of people internationally? Aga Szulbinska, our Head of Client Services, discusses what approach growing enterprises need to take, as well as any limitations they may face when it comes Read more…
Social Media Screening: Is It Here to Stay?
With privacy laws constantly changing, will social media screening continue, or will it become ever more legally problematic for employers to review this element of a candidate’s personal life? Piers Hutchinson, Head of Compliance at Accurate, discusses limitations and future trends we can expect to see in the world of social media screening. The digital Read more…
Why should screening be part of your recruitment and employment process?
Pre-employment screening is an integral part of the recruitment process and HR function. It gives you confidence in your new hire, reduces business risk, and ensures you’re fully compliant in your industry and the country you’re hiring in. And regularly rescreening your employees means that you promote a culture of honesty and integrity within your organisation. Outsourcing Read more…
What Candidates Need to Know About Financial Background Checks.
If you’re currently undergoing pre-employment screening, you can be sure that your future employer wouldn’t be taking you through this process unless they really wanted to work with you. However, this can be an unclear time, with many extended requirements being asked of you. Standard pre-employment screening packages comprise of several individual services, giving hiring Read more…
DBS Checks – What, Why, and How?
Whether you’re undergoing pre-employment screening, or in the HR team and hiring a new employee, it’s important to know the facts about DBS checks. If you’re new to DBS checks, remember that in many cases they are necessary for industry compliance. Whilst they are used in the recruitment process, they can also be routinely necessary Read more…
Rescreening Employees – Why, When, and How?
As a hiring manager or business owner, you’d be forgiven for thinking of employment screening as an isolated service. It’s usually considered as part of the onboarding process, and rightly so, however it can also act as a precautionary measure of compliance, when used annually. Rescreening your staff can ensure consistency and reliability, safeguarding clients Read more…
Digital Identity: The Covid-Adjusted Right to Work Checks Deadline.
The deadline for the end of the Covid-adjusted Right to Work checks is fast approaching. Earlier this year, as part of the response to the pandemic, the Government updated Right to Work guidance for employers in the UK. With this, came the introduction of a new digital identity scheme, allowing employers to remotely verify candidates, Read more…
Insight: CV Fraud Can Now Be Prosecuted.
According to a recent supreme court ruling, CV fraud can now be prosecuted, with offenders ordered to pay back wages if it is proved they have falsified qualifications and experiences to an employer. This comes as part of the high-profile appeal case of former NHS chief executive Jon Andrewes, who has been jailed after falsifying Read more…
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