Category Archives: Employment Screening

The Derbyshire Times reports that a conwoman who had previously swindled pet owners out of thousands of pounds, has been jailed for stealing cash from Greggs.

Emma Bent was jailed for fraud in 2011, but Greggs did not ask her if she had any previous convictions when she filled out her job application.

According to iNews, new graduates are being urged not to share images of their degree certificates on social media, as they could be used to fuel the million pound fake degree trade.

In a survey of students about to graduate, it was found that 69% were planned to post pictures of their official certificates online.

According to the HR Director website, two in five businesses take just two weeks to discover that they have hired the wrong person, according to independent research.

In a recent study, the most common reasons given were a mismatch of skills, under-qualified candidates and people found to be lying on their CVs.

The Argus reports that a dangerous fantasist lied about being a qualified ambulance technician before being paid to look after sick and injured people.

Marc Wolff even bought his own ambulance and equipment and faked documents and uniforms to show he was a genuine medical professional.

According to the People Management website, almost half of organisations are failing to screen potential employees from outside the UK, according to a new survey.

Severe penalties are levied should an employee turn out to be in the country illegally, but 40% of employers said they did not screen international hires, compared to 78% stating that they carried out checks on domestic staff.

According to the Somerset County Gazette, a bogus vet lied his way into a job at a Taunton practice and managed to earn more than £40,000 before being discovered.

Patrick Keniry had several criminal convictions for similar offences and admitted faking his CV to get work at Priory Veterinary Practice, in 2015.