DON’T BE CAUGHT OUT...


Are you doing enough with regards to


pre-employment checks to protect your customers and your business?


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n a recent report, recruitment fraud was found to be a significant problem throughout the


world, with shocking cases of staff being recruited without a criminal background check, people placed in teams without the necessary qualifications and new team members recruited to work directly with the public without a check of their digital footprint or online opinions, to ensure they don’t promote racist, homophobic or sexist views.


Though the most extreme cases often hit the headlines, most never do. Instead, companies have to pick up the pieces of a damaged brand reputation, court cases and staff attrition, impacted by the behaviour of just one individual. Often, convincing individuals


misrepresent themselves by providing misleading information on a CV. Though they may just see it as being no more than a ‘white lie’, it can, and does, lead to bigger financial and reputational costs down the line. For the first time, research from


Crowe LLP has established a baseline cost for such fraudulent activity; UK businesses are losing £23.9billion a year. The findings also reveal the


level of complacency that businesses are continuing to show by leaving the door open to fraudsters through the lack of simple pre-employment checks. The good news is that there are steps that can be taken to mitigate, counter and limit the damage that fraudulent individuals can cause: • Acknowledge the threat • Recognise the scale of the problem • Deploy appropriate checks • Don’t go it alone


Agenda Screening Services is an


expert in pre-employment checks, having operated across every sector for over 20 years. The Agenda team can be your pre-employment checking service, whether you are just starting out with a new franchise with plans to employ one more person, or a well-established business and employing several people a month. Whatever the size of your business, no matter what you do or where in the world you operate, Agenda can help ensure that the people you choose to join your expanding business are who they say they are and have the background they say they have, even if they come from outside the UK.


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