Employment Verification Check – also known as Employment History Check – is commonly done to verify accuracy of the information provided in a CV, and confirm the potential employee’s past work experience. The level of pre-employment screening required will vary according to the organisational context and the role being filled.

Generally, an employment verification checks will involve one Human Resources person contacting another Human Resources person in an organisation listed on a CV to confirm any or all of the following:

• Name of organisation
• Dates individual was employed for
• Nature of individual’s employment (full time, part time, casual, contractor)
• Salary
• Position/s held
• Job duties
• Reason for leaving or being terminated
• Rehire eligibility

These types of checks are one of the most useful and important checks that a potential employer will do when considering a prospective employee. Employment verification checks is used to ensure the suitability, integrity and identity of people they are hoping to engage to work with.

This is particularly important due to the number of false resumes circulating. Sadly, many applicants will lie on their resume about their work history. If an individual lies about their past employment, they could be putting the potential new employer at risk. A background check to verify employment will give an employer full confidence in hiring a new employee.

Most employment background checks report the last seven years and will identify any inconsistencies within a resume.

A Qualification Check – also known as an Education Check, is a quick and easy process to validate a potential employee’s formal qualifications attained – at school, university, TAFE, College or other educational and training institutions either in Australia or around the world.

Most qualification checks are pretty standard in what type of information that’ll report. This includes:

• Individual’s name
• Institution/s attended
• Qualification or certification attained
• Date of graduation
• Academic results/grades

There are a breadth of universities and educational bodies right across the world. As people are increasingly studying and living abroad, it is becoming more and more difficult to find all of the information to verify formal qualifications for this magnitude of institutions. There are also legal requirements, language barriers and unique processes and documentation which can make obtaining individuals copies of academic transcripts difficult.

A centrally organised qualification check through Rapid Screening can help take the stress away. Rapid Screening is able to verify qualifications at universities and colleges across the world.

Qualification checks will confirm accuracies and highlight discrepancies in a CV. Instead of relying on copies of documents provided by potential employees, you can get an overview of everything in the one place, at the click of a button.

This check provides employers the confidence to make better hiring decisions, knowing the individual they’re looking to recruit holds a relevant qualification.