CV Fraud & what people lie about It’s a bit of an old joke to say that people lie on their CV. However,  it’s one with more than a grain of truth as estimates of CV fraud top out at around 65%. So what is CV Fraud? Simply put, ...

When thinking about doing  pre employment checks of potential employees, business often only think about making sure they haven’t got a criminal record but there’s more to an employee background check than that. Companies can face severe difficulties if it turns out that an employee’s CV isn’t quite what ...

Fact or Fiction? This might just shoe why background checks are so important. Imagine working for a company with approx. 635 employees 29 have been accused of spouse abuse 7 have been arrested for fraud 9 have been accused of writing bad cheques 17 have directly or indirectly bankrupt ...

With the event of GDPR It is vitally important that HR managers and recruitment professionals understand that any business in the UK that collects or uses data for employment purposes must comply with the Data Protection Act. This means that when you are recruiting if you ask potential candidates ...