Pre-employment screening
Pre-employment screening is an important part of the recruitment process for many employers.
It generally refers to any vetting procedure or practice relating to candidate selection, including drawing up job descriptions and application forms, checking references and candidates’ backgrounds for discrepancies, interviewing, and verifying candidates’ details.
Police officer’s ‘perceived disability’ was discriminatory
A police officer in Wiltshire Constabulary suffered from a degree of hearing loss but this did not affect her ability to do her job, the Court of Appeal has ruled.
How chatbots improved Yodel’s candidate experience
Introducing chatbots for recruitment has helped slash candidate drop-out rates and average time to hire at delivery firm Yodel. How has this been achieved?
Neurodiversity: Creating a supportive working environment
Ahead of World Autism Awareness Week, employers should be thinking about creating an inclusive and supportive working environment for neurodiverse...
Half of job candidates sold an ‘unrealistic dream’
Research from pre-hire assessment start-up ThriveMap has shown that 48% of employees have left a role because it wasn’t what...
Is blind recruitment truly gender blind?
More and more employers are turning towards blind recruitment methods such as removing names from CVs to reduce bias. But...
Supreme Court rejects government appeal on criminal record checks
The Supreme Court has rejected a government appeal against a human rights ruling won by a group of people who...
Oxfam’s ‘toxic work environment’ allowed sexual misconduct allegations to go unchecked
The charity Oxfam failed to tackle an environment that allowed sexual misconduct and bullying to go unchecked, according to an interim independent review.
Two in five hired into jobs not suited to their personality
Two in five people are being hired into roles which they discover they do not have the right soft skills...
Fifth of employers ask about criminal records in potentially unlawful way
Around a fifth of national employers – including a number of household name companies – ask jobseekers for information about...
Giving notice to leave a job is not always a letter of resignation
A letter that gives one month’s notice should not automatically be interpreted as a letter of resignation, an employment appeal...
Top 10 HR questions June 2018: Sporting events and background checks
What kind of background checks can employers carry out before taking on a new employee, and has this been affected...
Recruitment: don’t underestimate skills because of background
Putting a job candidate’s experience and skills into context can help employers find overachievers. Raphael Mokades, founder and MD of...
Five ways blockchain could change the face of HR
If you haven’t heard of blockchain, perhaps you’ve heard of Bitcoin, the cryptocurrency that uses its technology? Sam Fletcher of...
What the Oxfam scandal can teach us about background checking
The recent scandals involving Oxfam and other charities have come as a surprise to many, but could these embarrassing allegations...
Why should candidate experience matter to business?
What can better candidate experiences achieve that will convince boards to invest in them? Nicola Sullivan argues that improving candidate...
