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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A missed opportunity for the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) to work...
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Employer opinion on the Leitch Review of Skills one year since it was published...
Human resources news and analysis including: the winners of the Personnel Today Awards 2007 why the FA should use psychometric testing, and...
Promoting a culture where it is safe for staff to raise whistleblowing concerns is good for business and reduces the...
Newham Council’s head of Human Resources has defended its decision to ask employees whether they are gay.
Susan McNally insisted...
Nine in 10 undisclosed criminal records discovered in City job applications are held by people going for temporary positions, research...
Barclays and G4S are just two recent victims of bad press coverage broken by undercover journalists. So what can HR do? Background screening at the recruitment stage to help spot bogus CVs and references is one way of screening out potential troublemakers.
The role of HR in managing employee fraud is again under the spotlight following the jailing for two-and-a-half years of...
Legal experts have warned that encouraging HR professionals to take more responsibility for checking and monitoring immigrants coming to work...
HR found itself at the heart of the war on terror last week after key suspects arrested in connection with...
Employers have been warned to scrutinise CVs thoroughly when recruiting senior management following the resignation of a leading hotel executive...
Two-thirds of the British workforce would lie on their applications to get the job, research has found.A survey conducted by...
A quarter of working Brits, more than seven million people, are disillusioned with their jobs, a report has found. A...
Roger Singleton will chair the government’s Vetting and Barring Scheme aimed at checking all individuals working with children and vulnerable...
Many employers regularly use networking websites such as MySpace http://www.myspace.com/ to obtain personal information about prospective staff.Are there legal risks...
