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Screening, verification, and compliance process

Screening, verification, and compliance process

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Screening, verification, and compliance process

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- Unfortunately, candidates aren't always honest. How many times have you hired someone only to find out they've inflated their experience or credentials? That's why you need to know how your recruiting firm verifies credentials. A professional firm should have a step-by-step process to ensure each candidate has been honest about their experience and credentials. They should be able to outline their specific strategy to legally verify prior employment, education, background information, and other pertinent data. We placed a vice president with a Fortune 500 firm after conducting thorough reference checks. Three months later, it was discovered that she misrepresented her title with her last employer. The director of operations who provided the reference was, in fact, one of her direct reports, and he lied to us about her title and experience. Our client was furious and immediately terminated our candidate. We failed to verify the title of the reference we called prior to our…

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