The length of pre-employment checks shows no sign of decreasing. So what can you, the applicant, do to help shorten the process, lessen the stress and worry, and ultimately ensure you start your new job sooner rather than later?

1. FINANCIAL SECTOR RECRUITMENT
How to
Survive Them
PRE-EMPLOYMENT CHECKS

2. Here are 10 ways to help
pass your next set of
pre-employment checks.

3. 1. Dates
Make sure any dates on your
CV are as accurate as possible.
Don’t be vague about them.

4. 2. Qualifications
Assume you’ll be asked for evidence
of qualifications. If you can’t provide
evidence, avoid listing on your CV.

5. 3. Job titles
Don’t embellish or fabricate job
titles. Screening companies will
check. Inflating status of previous
roles could lead to problems.

6. Make sure your referees
know you’re putting
their names forward.
4. Employment
references

7. Don’t leave any unexplained,
undefined or unaccounted
gaps on your CV.
5. Gaps

8. 6. Character reference
To corroborate gaps you may
require a character reference. The
referee will need to have known
you during the period in question.

9. 7. Social media
Many employers now conduct social
media audits. Assess how you may
look to prospective companies.

10. 8. Criminal checks
Don’t lie about something that might
come up in a criminal background
check. You’ll be adding deception
to the original misdemeanour.

11. 9. Financial probity
If you’ve a poor credit rating,
disclose it to the screening agency
from the start. State how you are
going to improve your rating.

12. 10. Check instructions
Blindingly obvious. But amazing
the number of problems avoided
by reading through instructions
before completing the paperwork.

13. Pre-employment checks don’t
have to be a passive affair.
Takeaway

14. You have a huge influence
over the length, and the
outcome. So be prepared!
Takeaway

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