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Industry hub focus series: Screening requirements in Education.
The Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) is an executive agency of the Department for Education and they’re responsible for regulating the teaching profession. Regulated activity in education is anything unsupervised with children, including teaching, training, caring for or supervising, providing advice and guidance on wellbeing or driving a vehicle only for children.
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We believe the future of right to work checks are digital
There is much expectation that 2022 will see the Home Office introduce changes to regulation to allow digital identity verification to be used for onboarding of new employees.
2 minutes readShould you do your own employee screening?
Pre-employment checks are an absolute necessity for all businesses – whether you need basic checks to verify identification and right to work or more complex screening to meet the requirements of regulatory bodies, every organisation needs to screen.
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The basics of UK GDPR for recruitment
Brexit threw a lot of things up in the air so there’s been a lot to keep track of, not least GDPR.
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Employee screening requirements for the Financial Services industry
Regulating over 50,000 financial services providers, investment firms and consumer credit firms, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is the essential UK body granting a badge of legitimacy to players in the UK financial services industry.
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Streamlining your recruitment process
Recruitment can be a huge piece of work, from designing the role, advertising, shortlisting, interviewing to finally making the decision and getting your new hire on board. It’s a daunting task to start, especially when you’ve other work that needs doing too!
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Five top tips for hiring trustworthy employees
We know you work hard at getting your organisational culture right. You put a lot of time and effort into filling your business with the people who share your values, believe in your purpose and are committed to your goals, so a bad hire can upset that balance you’ve worked so hard to create.
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Staying employable on social media
As the world moves evermore online and personal and professional relationships become more reliant on digital channels, it’s becoming increasingly important to think about how you can best make use of social media in finding and keeping employment.
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