Why employee background check should be a key part of your recruitment process?

Employee background checks are increasingly being incorporated into hiring decisions by organisations. Originally anyone with a criminal record could be easily rejected. However, recently new legislation and policy changes have forced criminal background checks to become more nuanced. One motivation for allowing more individuals with criminal records to work is to decrease unemployment and encourage acceptance.

We have noticed a surge in employee background checks. Research data on employee background search suggests that the most common fraud job seekers engage is extensive misrepresentation of academic and work credentials listed on their cv. Organisations who fails to perform a thorough employee background check on a prospective employee may be exposed to the charges of sloppy hiring or employment discrimination.

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Using AI-based Tools for ID Verification

Using AI-based Tools for ID Verification Identity theft cases (worldwide and in the UK) have augmented in the last few years, especially in the eCommerce sector, where payment methods are involved. This is why ID verification is such a crucial part of companies nowadays. Using AI-powered solutions in the process - in conjunction with human intelligence - increases the businesses’ chances to process information intelligently and prevent being scammed. Learn more here: https://www.complygate.co.uk/blog/using-ai-based-tools-for-ID-verification

Right to Work Checks

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5 Telephone Job Interview Tips To Help Get Through The Next Round

The preference for phone interviews by corporate recruiters has been a well-established trend for quite some time. Phone interviews are preferred as a preliminary way of screening candidates before the shortlisted ones are invited over at the company offices in person for the final rounds. It is an effective way to go through and screen large candidate pools wherever the number of applicants are more than, say, fifty. As many of the recruiters in the organization may be working remotely, a telephone call may be the most convenient way of interviewing candidates and assessing their potential. Phone interviews are as challenging for the recruiters as they are for the candidates as many direct communication cues and visual overtones are absent, and the recruiter has to rely solely on the verbal communication between him / her and the candidate. Following are some tips to decode the phone interviews and guide the candidates advance through the interview process.

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