Pre-employment reference and right to work checks for your business
From employment history to education, our data will give you added confidence when making decisions.
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Are your hiring processes up to the job? Signing up the best talent for the right role is crucial for the success of your business. But there’s more involved than just ticking boxes. We understand you want to get a feel for a candidate’s strengths, weaknesses and integrity, and you need to do this based on facts, not hunches. We can give you the software, data and services you need to carry out pre-employment and existing employee background checks to help you recruit and retain the best talent, with confidence. Our checks will also save your business time, money and hassle.
How pre-employment reference & right to work checks benefit your business
Our software, data and services give you a deep understanding of who a candidate really is based on their employment history, personal references, and a wide range of other checks. They give you everything you need to verify credentials at the touch of a button, remove the need to store paperwork.
- Better understanding: Get a feel for a candidate’s strengths and weaknesses
- Validate: Confirm a candidate’s education and employment history
- Confirm: Verify a candidate’s legal right to work in the UK
- Personal: Assess a candidate’s honesty, integrity and reliability
Education
Confirm education history
Missing information
Fill in CV gaps
Employment
Validate employment history
Personal
Understand character
Advanced technology
Confirm identity with facial recognition
Quick
Make faster hiring decisions
Key features of our pre-employment reference and right to work checks
Check a candidate’s references quickly and without paperwork, so you can fill roles quickly with the right people. Did you know you can be fined up to £20,000 for each member of staff found to not have the full right to work in the UK?
Screen candidates quickly and effortlessly
Carry out a full range of background checks. We are a Government-approved Responsible Organisation criminal record check provider.
- Check references, and employment history
- Validate a candidate’s right to work
- Confirm identity and check financial history
Make sure you comply with the law
Did you know that for every employee found not to have the right to work in the UK, you could be fined £20,000? Our Right to Work Checks app saves you time and money and improves efficiency.
- Meet Home Office guidelines
- Reduce paperwork and costs
- Validate documents
- Identity check with facial recognition
- Update software as and when legislation changes
Pay-as-you-go Employee Checks
Hiring new employees can be a daunting prospect when the reputation of your business and your customers are your livelihood. Knowing more about who you hire, such as electronic proof of their identity, criminal record information and adverse financial history, can give you the confidence you need that you are employing the right person.
Why should I background check my candidates?
Confirming the identity of people who you are considering employing, as well as checking their criminal record and credit history, can help you make a more informed hiring decision. A background checking report on your candidates can be important to help you minimise your risk and protect your business.
Need 1-10 background checking reports a year?
If you only need a small number of reports per year (1-10), we have made it simple and hassle free by creating a package of checks that you can buy online.
The service we offer includes:
- Basic Criminal Record Check (Excludes Standard and Enhanced Checks)
- Electronic identity check
- Adverse financial check
- All cost only £54.99 per candidate (including VAT)
- The cost is fully inclusive and there are no extra costs to pay (no registration fees)
For certain roles, such as working in a school or in healthcare, you are likely to need to run specific checks on your employees - a ‘Standard’ or ‘Enhanced’ criminal record check. These specific checks are run by the Disclosure and Barring Service and can only be requested for by the employer – an individual cannot do these checks themselves.
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FAQs
Screening for a job involves checking a job applicant’s background to confirm they are who they say they are, that they have the qualifications and experience they claim to have, and that they are legally allowed to work in the UK. Screening can also include credit history checks as well as personal and professional references, so you can better understand their strengths, weaknesses and character.
The aim of screening for a job is to help you find the perfect employee for a role and so you can hire with confidence. Background checks are also important for re-screening existing employees, so you can be confident they are still suitable their roles as their circumstances and their job changes. Our pre-employment reference and right to work checks help you conduct this crucial vetting much more quickly, simply and cost-effectively than manual processes, which are time consuming.
Pre-employment checks help you work out whether a job applicant is the most suitable candidate for a particular role and that they have all the necessary qualifications and skills to do the job well. These checks not only verify whether a candidate has told the truth on his CV, they can fill in gaps and give you a deeper sense of whether they are trustworthy and reliable. Pre-employment checks also help you confirm whether they are physically capable of the work and that they are legally allowed to work in the UK.
Checking a job applicant’s employment and personal references manually can be extremely time consuming and can significantly add to the time it takes to make a hiring decision. Some employers cannot spare the resources to chase references extensively or thoroughly. Outsourcing pre employment screening to a third party is therefore an efficient and cost-effective solution. Our personal reference checks take no more than 10 days.
Confirming whether a candidate is legally entitled to work in the UK can be costly and time consuming. You need to make sure your results are accurate, up to date and in line with immigration codes of practice and regulations. Our right to work tools can validate a candidate’s documents and confirm their right to work in the UK in seconds.
As an employer, you need to analyse a wide range of information about a candidate before you decide whether they are perfect for the role. Our background checks provide a detailed history and understanding of an individual’s background, including their identity, education, employment history, credit history and any relevant criminal record information. The results of our background checks allow you to review any inconsistent or adverse information you should be aware of and fill in gaps on a CV before you employ them.
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