This slide deck looks at the findings of HireRight's EMEA 2018 Employment Screening Benchmark Report, and compares how they compare to the global stats from APAC and the US. Listen to Steve Girdler, Managing Director for EMEA and APAC, talk through the deck in our ON24 webinar on https://goo.gl/RUyjF5.

1. Nurturing Ikigai – Navigating APAC Hiring Trends
Based on the HireRight 2018 APAC Employment Screening Benchmark Report
April 12, 2018
Resourcing: A Look to the Future
Challenges and Opportunities
2018 HireRight EMEA Employment
Screening Benchmark Report

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3. About HireRight
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HireRight is a leading global provider of background screening
services, helping organisations mitigate employee risk, make informed
hiring decisions and meet compliance obligations.
HireRight works in more than 200 countries and territories, and has
offices around the globe, including the UK, USA, and Hong Kong.
Almost half of the Fortune 100 and over a quarter
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4. Agenda
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5. 2018 HireRight EMEA Employment Screening
Benchmark Report
Introduction and Methodology
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Based on surveys of more than
6,000
human resources, recruiting,
compliance, and management
professionals worldwide with
452
being from the EMEA region.
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From
United States, Canada,
Europe, Middle East, Africa
and Asia Pacific
Including
UK, Poland, Netherlands,
Germany and Ireland

6. ChallengesChallenges: What Lies Ahead?

7. GDPR – Beyond 25th May
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69% of our survey’s EMEA
respondents believed they were
fully prepared for the GDPR.
You can read more about how
HireRight prepared for the GDPR
in our GDPR Whitepaper and our
GDPR blogs.

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Hiring in the UK post-Brexit
Within the Financial Services, this figure was lower,
with just over a third (34%) agreeing.
Only 4% of EMEA respondents said they were planning to
stop recruitment in the UK because of Brexit.
64% indicated that they strongly disagree that they
will draw back from recruitment in the UK due to Brexit.

9. Top EMEA Business Challenges in 2018
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Finding, retaining and developing talent is a key challenge
for 52% of EMEA employers, up from 50% in 2017.

10. Top EMEA Financial Services Business
Challenges in 2018
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Regulatory changes are the top business challenge in the
Financial Services, affecting 58% of EMEA employers –
up from 52% in 2017.

11. Senior Screening Struggles
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Just 15% of HR and risk professionals are completely
confident that new hires understand the implications of the
Senior Managers Regime.
Nearly four out of five (78%) are not sure if their
organisation has successfully built the SMR into its culture.

12. Top EMEA Talent Management Challenges in 2018
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13. Opportunities: A Look to the Future

14. Business Growth – EMEA vs APAC vs US
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15. Top Investments for 2018 – US & EMEA
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1. Finding qualified job candidates
(59%)
2. Keeping good talent / employee
retention (58%)
3. Making HR processes more
efficient (49%)
4. Developing leaders within the
organisation (41%)
5. Developing effective employee
training programmes (40%)
1. Maximising employee
engagement (52%)
2. Improving the candidate
experience (51%)
3. Making HR processes more
efficient (50%)
4. Finding qualified job candidates
(46%)
5. Creating a positive corporate
culture (45%)
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16. Improving the Candidate Experience
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Improving the candidate experience
from application through
onboarding
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How to improve your candidates
screening experience?
 Tell candidates about the
background screening process
 Explain who HireRight is and what
we do
 Advise them on what will be
checked, and what documents will
need to be provided
 Inform them of their rights under
the GDPR

17. Utilising Technology
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Overall, our data suggests that the benefits of utilising new technology outweigh any
potential setbacks, ‘making HR processes more efficient’ being the 3rd top priority for
investment in 2018 globally.

18. How Important is the Mobile Experience?
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Having a mobile-friendly
application/screening
process is seen as the
third best way to ensure
a positive background
screening experience,
with 25% of respondents
globally seeing this as
key.
However, in EMEA,
this figure is 39%,
suggesting that HR
departments are
seeing this as an
important update to
their recruitment
process.
Only 23% of businesses
globally are looking to
invest in mobile-friendly
tech for their
screening/application
processes in 2018.

19. Impact of Challenges and Opportunities on
Background Screening

20. What is Being Screened in EMEA?
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21. What is Being Screened in Financial Services
in EMEA?
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22. The EMEA Screening Landscape - Discrepancies
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Globally, 38% of respondents reported that they know of issues that
have arisen as a result of senior executives not being screened during
a merger or acquisition.
27% of EMEA respondents believed that people go through fewer tests
and interviews to get a job as a CEO than for an entry level position.

23. Top EMEA Screening Challenges in 2018
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Reducing time-to-hire is the top screening
challenge globally for 2018.

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The Future of Screening
• HireRight Global: the industry’s first truly global background
screening solution.
• For consistent and compliant screening around the world,
tailored to reflect local employment laws, culture and
languages.

25. 5 Key Takeaways
Finders
keepers…
Retaining
your staff
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Truth will out
Candidate
discrepancies
A chain is only
as strong as its
weakest link
Building your
best team
Better safe
than sorry
Compliance
is key
Do unto
others…
Improve your
candidate
experience

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