Pre-Employment Screening

Pre-employment screening checks are checks that employers carry out on potential new employees to make sure that they are suitable for the job and they fit company brand and values. Checks can include criminal background checks, employment and qualification verifications, social media, media, corporate interests and much more.

There is no legal requirement to carry out pre-employment screening checks in the UK or Isle of Man, although employers may wish to do so as part of their recruitment process and apply best business practices. Failing to carry out pre-employment screening checks could lead to a potential employee being unsuitable for the role, which could cause problems for the employer further down the line.

The average time to complete a pre-employment background check is between 10 and 12 working days.

There are many reasons why you might outsource background screening. Perhaps your company doesn’t have the internal resources to do this type of work. Or, you may want to outsource to a company that specialises in this area and has access to more comprehensive databases and tools. Additionally, outsourcing can help you save time and money.

Expol is the pre-eminent provider of pre-employment screening services, with over a decade of experience and a bespoke product for each client – contact us today.

In a bid to contribute to data minimisation; ExpolCheck Ltd. encourages our clients and applicants to provide personal data to us in its minimum form. By way of example (not exhaustive); if we request one document of a certain type, please only send one, if a bank statement is supplied as a proof of address document, please consider redacting bank account numbers/sort code and individual transactions. If supplying a lease agreement as proof of address, only supply the page that proves the residential address and name of the applicant and consider redacting names of other parties party to the lease.