Category Archives: Employment Screening

The Irish Mirror reports that more than four-fifths of Irish workers have admitted to lying on their CV in order to land a job. A survey found staff don’t mind bending the truth, with 81% fibbing about qualifications, whilst 76% of employees said they embellished their expertise during an interview.

Australia’s HC [Human Capital] Online lists a few specific steps to help reduce the impact of employee theft on your organisation – steps just as relevant for UK businesses.
Suggestions include good hiring practices – pre-employment screening – effective policies for employees and visible surveillance.

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is urging all small business owners to thoroughly check candidates’ applications, according to the Nottingham Post. Nearly one in five members have taken on an employee who had used a false reference, an FSB survey has found. The FSB collaborated with BBC1′s Fake Britain on a survey of 1,800 …

Employers who do not cross check job applications from jobseekers have a one in three chance of employing unqualified staff, potentially putting the business at risk of “fraudulent, dishonest or inappropriate behaviour”, according to a news story in The Telegraph. Almost a third of CVs from job hunters contained discrepancies relating to professional qualifications and …