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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.


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    • Pre-employment screening

    Emergenetics launches science-based profiling tool in Europe

    by Personnel Today 13 May 2008
    by Personnel Today 13 May 2008

    Emergenetics is a proven and powerful science-based tool that offers a fresh and modern approach to profiling.
    Emergenetics can help...

    • Recruitment & retention
    • Pre-employment screening
    • References

    Recruitment: Check to identify dishonest applicants

    by Nadia Williams 6 May 2008
    by Nadia Williams 6 May 2008

    Many employers are still uncovering discrepancies, inaccuracies and lies in candidates’ job applications, according to Personnel Today’s sister publication Employment...

    • Recruitment & retention
    • Pre-employment screening

    HSBC uses PeopleAnswers’ hiring technology to increase sales by 21%

    by Personnel Today 6 May 2008
    by Personnel Today 6 May 2008

    HSBC, one of the largest banking and financial services organizations in the world, has been using PeopleAnswers, a leader in...

    • Recruitment & retention
    • Pre-employment screening

    Powerful new web site launched by Control Risks Screening

    by Personnel Today 6 May 2008
    by Personnel Today 6 May 2008

    Control Risks Screening, the global employee background screening provider, today launched a new website dedicated to employee screening with added features, superior...

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    Prosecutions over employing illegal workers rises dramatically

    by Mike Berry 6 May 2008
    by Mike Berry 6 May 2008

    The number of employers being prosecuted for hiring illegal workers has risen dramatically.Figures obtained by the BBC revealed a total...

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    • Recruitment & retention

    Only fools would fail to make use of online sifting tools

    by Personnel Today 8 Apr 2008
    by Personnel Today 8 Apr 2008

    I loved your April Fool story – ‘Darling buries recruitment charge in depths of Budget’ (Personnel Today, 1 April) –...

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    Staff working with children and vulnerable adults to pay £64 for official checks

    by Mike Berry 2 Apr 2008
    by Mike Berry 2 Apr 2008

    Individuals that want to work with children and vulnerable adults will have to pay a £64 fee to get official...

    • Latest News
    • Recruitment & retention
    • Pre-employment screening

    NHS staff face tough new employment checks

    by Mike Berry 31 Mar 2008
    by Mike Berry 31 Mar 2008

    Tough new employment checks for all NHS staff are to be introduced tomorrow (1 April).The checks have been revamped following...

    • Early careers
    • Latest News
    • Recruitment & retention

    Most employers don’t check Facebook when screening applicants

    by Louisa Peacock 28 Mar 2008
    by Louisa Peacock 28 Mar 2008

    Three in four employers don’t use social networking sites as recruitment tools, research has revealed.A poll of more than 220...

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    • Recruitment & retention
    • Pre-employment screening

    CVs and interviews alone are not accurate enough to assess job applicants

    by Personnel Today 26 Mar 2008
    by Personnel Today 26 Mar 2008

    The article ‘Dishonest CVs on the increase’ (Personneltoday.com, 7 February) demonstrates the need for supplementary tools to be used to...

    • Employment law
    • Data protection
    • Latest News

    Online tribunal results scheme delayed by IT problems

    by Mike Berry 14 Mar 2008
    by Mike Berry 14 Mar 2008

    Plans to publish employment tribunal judgments on the internet have been delayed, according to the government.Tribunals minister Bridget Prentice said...

    • Recruitment & retention
    • Pre-employment screening

    Sales triple for company that weeds out fake CVs

    by Personnel Today 13 Mar 2008
    by Personnel Today 13 Mar 2008

    Verifile, the UK’s leading provider of pre-employment and background screening services, announced today that sales have continued to exceed expectations,...

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    Employment of illegal workers

    by Charlotte Hughes Scholes 25 Feb 2008
    by Charlotte Hughes Scholes 25 Feb 2008

    Section 8 of the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996, which currently sets out the law on prevention of illegal migrant working...

    • Latest News
    • Recruitment & retention
    • Pre-employment screening

    Dishonest CVs on the increase

    by Gareth Vorster 7 Feb 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 7 Feb 2008

    Lying on CVs continues to be a serious risk for employers, with dishonesty increasingly prevalent among 36 to 40-year-olds. A...

    • Latest News
    • Recruitment & retention
    • Online recruitment

    Facebook, MySpace users warned over revealing too much online

    by Gareth Vorster 4 Feb 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 4 Feb 2008

    Online social networking sites could have a negative impact on your career progression, new research has found.Recruitment consultancy Badenoch &...

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