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.
As from today, some employers and suppliers of personnel who suspect that an employee or volunteer may be a risk...
Pyschometric testing is on the increase, according to findings from research by Personnel Today’s paid-for sister service XpertHR.The survey of 90...
No matter how much you’re spending on new HR software, nobody likes to think they are paying more than they...
You’ve found the perfect HR software application. You’ve negotiated a great price and a good support contract. But don’t sign...
Social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter should not be used by employers to recruit graduates, the Association of...
If it's October then it's time for some employment law changes. Experts sum them up.
Cheltenham Borough Council has already made “significant” changes to its recruitment practices after it lost a £1m High Court battle...
A recent high-profile case showed the pitfalls that can occur when employers dig into a applicant's past. So what can employers ask? Emilie Bennetts and Carolyn Haddon give the answers.
This Personnel Today news round-up includes news about:
Public sector pay freeze likely
Graduate applications outnumber vacancies 50:1
Tube workers strike ban?
Prevent unemployment...
If you had a mental health problem would you disclose it at a job interview? As an employer, would a history of mental illness affect your attitude to an applicant? If your answers to these questions are 'No' and 'Yes' you're with the majority, but what's best for business?
The use of recruitment and employment agencies* is falling – a trend that is likely to continue in the current...
The UK’s largest background-checking operations team, BackCheck, announces today that more candidates are being caught out for lying on their...
BackCheck, the UK’s largest background checking operations team, announce today that they are appointing a Senior Vice President of Sales...
China Academic Degrees and Graduate Education Development Centre, today announced the signing of an exclusive contract with Verifile, Europe’s leading...
BackCheck, the UK’s largest background-checking operations team, says that the recent reports of a black cab driver assaulting possibly hundreds...
