Should I Be Worried about DBS Checks as Part of Pre-Employment Checks?
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17th Mar 2020 | 
3 Min. To Read
Disclosure and Barring Checks, also known as CRB checks or PVG checks in Scotland, are a way of looking at whether or not candidates for a job have a criminal...
Reference Checking and Identity Verification
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10th Mar 2020 | 3 Min. To Read
Asking for referees from candidates applying for jobs is nothing new. Although pre-employment checks have extended to encompass everything from social media screening to credit checks, checking references is still...
Passports and Brexit – What’s Changing
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3rd Mar 2020 | 3 Min. To Read
After over three years of political wrangling and discussion, the UK finally left the European Union on 31st January 2020. We’re now in a transition period which is due to...
Checking Claimed Qualifications
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25th Feb 2020 | 3 Min. To Read
Surely there’s no harm in increasing that D grade pass in GCSE maths to a B in order to apply for your dream course at college? Or claiming a 2:1...
Biometrics and Identity Checking
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18th Feb 2020 | 3 Min. To Read
A few years ago, biometrics seemed like something out of a science fiction movie, but in 2020 we think nothing of just looking at our phone to open it, or...
How Do You prove Who You Say You Are?
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11th Feb 2020 | 3 Min. To Read
You’d think it would be easy to prove your identity. Most of us like to think that everyone we come into contact with is honest, and that’s often the case....
First Identity Documents – What’s Most Useful?
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4th Feb 2020 | 3 Min. To Read
There is a very wide range of situations in which you might be asked to prove who you are. Opening a bank account, applying for a job, applying for benefits...
Cost of Recruitment Fraud in the UK Tops £24 Billion
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28th Jan 2020 | 3 Min. To Read
According to a recent survey by the University of Portsmouth, the cost of recruitment fraud in the UK has reached the staggering figure of £24 billion. This figure covers the...
What Are Our Competitors Doing About Employment Vetting?
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21st Jan 2020 | 3 Min. To Read
A recent survey by the University of Portsmouth has revealed some surprising findings about the state of recruitment fraud in the UK. The widely reported headline from the report was...
Could Artificial Intelligence Be The Answer to Recruitment Fraud?
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14th Jan 2020 | 3 Min. To Read
We’re all becoming increasingly aware of the risks which companies are facing in terms of recruitment fraud. In one recent study, 80% of CVs were found to have some sort...
