Employment Screening

The importance of Pre Employment Screening cannot be understated. Recruiting talented people who are a great fit for your business is increasingly important in our competitive world. Finding the best and most suitable candidates for a role is challenging - carrying out pre employment screening doesn't have to be. Getting things wrong can be at best inconvenient and at worst disastrous and expensive. Not only should you be looking to find the best people but also to reduce staff turnover and increase retention of valuable staff. Having a well thought out recruitment and screening process that achieves these aims is critical. It saves time upfront but also reduces the risks and costs of getting things wrong. The good news is, these downsides can be easily avoided with the right pre employment checks.

Recruiting is expensive and time-consuming but getting things right the first time is a readily achievable goal with the right approach. Carrying out appropriate checks and screening candidates doesn't have to be a headache if you work with the right partner. Pre employment screening is also not expensive when you consider the overall costs of recruiting for your company. In fact, the cost of outsourcing your background and employment screening checks is only almost insignificant when considering the total overall cost of recruitment. The question should be, why wouldn't you carry out pre employment checks?

If you are concerned about the process or the time it takes to do this then outsourcing background checks and screening is a cost-effective and stress-free way of achieving these goals. This is where RECREF comes in.

Forming the bedrock of RECREF's comprehensive referencing checks, Pre Employment Screening is a comprehensive way to validate prior work experience and employment. RECREF cross-reference all information provided by a candidate with data directly from previous employers, aiming to obtain 5 years worth of background data. Details checked cover length of employment, salary information and contract type, as well as previous positions and reasons for leaving employment. You can choose varying levels of service here to cover current employment and self-employment checks too, if that's relevant.

What's more, RECREF also confirms the authenticity of the referee using a suite of bespoke tools and technologies to ensure that the Employment Screening information provided by the referee is legitimate.