As 2013 draws to a close, employers have reasons to be positive. The Reed Job Index for November reported job opportunities to be at a five-year high with more vacancies on the Reed site than at any time since September 2008. Growth is being seen across all industry sectors and all regions in the UK. […]
Written by Sophie Keen, Staff Fraud Recruitment Manager – CIFAS – The UK’s Fraud Prevention Service Since the last HireRight blog post written by Arjun Medhi, employment application frauds reported to the CIFAS Staff Fraud Database have continued to rise. An employment application fraud is categorised by CIFAS as when a job applicant has knowingly […]
CIFAS – the UK’s Fraud Prevention Service today releases The True Cost of Insider Fraud, A report based on research conducted by the University of Portsmouth’s Centre for Counter Fraud Studies. The findings give organisations much food for thought: Losses from internal frauds do not just include the sum lost to a fraudster, but encompass a […]
Steve Girdler, Managing Director EMEA, HireRight comments: “There is a feeling of cautious optimism in the business press regarding the global economic outlook but improvement is still patchy. In the UK, output grew by 0.8% between July and September, the best quarterly performance since 2010 and following a 0.7% growth between April and June. However, […]
The exaggeration and falsification of academic qualifications is rife and the media has recently brought to our attention a number of high-profile individuals building a career on fictitious qualifications. Elizabeth O’Bagy, a prominent scholar celebrated by US media and referenced by US Senators in congressional hearings, lied about earning a Ph. D, and lawyer Thomas […]
CIPD Annual Conference and Exhibition, 6th-7th November, Manchester Central. Visit HireRight on stand 688 to meet our background screening consultants who can share their expert knowledge and make best practice recommendations for your candidate and employee due diligence. We will also be unveiling our latest research findings and giving you a chance to win an iPad […]
