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.
A survey of top executive headhunters, by leading UK executive careers website Experteer, today revealed that over half (55%) believed...
BackCheck, the largest background checking company outside US-ownership, is offering a free guide to employment screening. The guide explains why employment...
BackCheck, the largest non-US owned background checking company in the UK, is expanding with two new senior sales appointments. Shaun...
With less than two months to go before the shake-up of skilled migrant worker laws, just one in 10 HR...
Bogus job applicants looking to catch employers out on discrimination law and so earn themselves money at tribunal are a...
If you graduated from one of the nation’s top 20 universities, you are less likely to lie on your CV...
Employers are making illegal criminal record checks on staff, amid calls for a review of the law.A BBC Radio 4...
Lying on CVs is on the increase, according to an indepth study of job applications.Pre-employment screening company Powerchex analysed 3,876...
Dr Rob Feltham outlines the steps you should consider when looking to roll out a global assessment process and get...
Employers are flouting the law by asking recruitment agencies to screen out women of childbearing age, and it is up...
Control Risks Screening, the global employee background screening provider, today announced their membership of a newly formed Industry Association set up...
Control Risks Screening, the global employee background screening provider, today announced their membership of a newly formed Industry Association set up...
I am an HR director at a retail chain. We have decided to only accept online applications, and one of...
While the National Staff Dismissal Register (‘Database of dishonesty’, Personnel Today, 20 May) may sound like a fantastic idea for employers...
A national blacklist of retail employees sacked for dishonesty is up and running, and could soon be extended to other...
