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.
Ninety-six per cent of employers are using skills assessments in their hiring process to gauge trasnferrable skills.
Inquiry into rape and murder of Sarah Everard by Met Police officer Wayne Couzens calls for radical overhaul of police vetting nationwide.
Health screening is among the issues preventing the Army's recruitment partner from hitting its hiring targets, MPs have been told.
CVs that had been enhanced using ChatGPT performed better than those that had not, a recruitment company has found.
The amount of time after which a conviction is spent for the purposes of a job application has been significantly reduced.
Survey finds nine out of 10 senior HR professionals say they do not use AI in their recruitment and very few are planning to in future.
Questions last month focused on dismissing an employee on grounds of ill health and queries around disciplinary procedures.
Is traditional recruitment based on academic qualifications is really necessary? Or should employers look for attitude?
Molson Coors will no longer require job applicants to provide a CV, in a bid to be more inclusive in its recruitment practices.
The majority of HR leaders consider their recruitment process capable of identifying dyslexic thinking skills, but only 4% of dyslexic thinkers agree.
Áine Fanning, Cpl Talent Evolution Group, investigates eight key questions facing recruitment with the advent of ChatGPT-style technology
All police forces will be asked to check staff against national police databases for misogyny and predatory behaviour.
Delays at UK Security Vetting (UKSV) could mean hold-ups and risks to national security, according to the National Audit Office.
Metropolitan Police's professionalism lead admits it should have spotted the pattern of abusive behaviour by David Carrick, who has admitted dozens of sexual offences.
The Disclosure and Barring Service has published a care worker recruitment toolkit to help social care employers gather sufficient employment...
