Using pre-employment screening in recruitment

Occupational Health magazine suggests the best questions to ask when carrying out employment background checks and investigates the development of Scotland's pre-employment screening standards. 

• Pre-employment screening: asking the right questions When it comes to pre-employment screening, it pays to ask the right questions if you want revealing answers. Linda Goldman, barrister at Henderson Chambers, Temple, and Joan Lewis, an independent employment law consultant, report. 
• Pre-employment screening: developing standards Scotland has taken a lead in developing efficient standards for pre-employment screening. Occupational Health magazine explains how the simplified procedures were developed. 

Also

Background checks in recruitment: employers' current methods References and Criminal Records Bureau disclosures are foremost among the battery of checks that employers use in recruitment, particularly when filling positions of trust, according to this IRS study of 177 employers’ vetting practices. 

Background checks in recruitment: absences and health assessments Employers are increasingly likely to conduct background checks on potential recruits; this research-based report investigates assessments and screening of a medical nature, notably in respect of candidates’ absence histories, health and fitness.