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The Gig Economy Influence: What Every Industry Can Learn from GigWhile many similarities exist between the traditional workforce and gig - how can the more conventional organisation look towards gig as a resource?Read More -
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The LEGO GroupFind out how Sterling helped LEGO redesign their background screening processes for existing employees and new hires.Read More -
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Reference Checks
Get to Know Your Candidate.
Whether a reference confirms your hopes about a candidate, reveals a misrepresentation, or highlights poor performance, a reference check is a critical step in the hiring process where you can learn important details about your candidate, such as…
- Were they really a top performer?
- Did they have great attendance?
- Were they a pleasure to work with?
- Is their CV or job application truthful?
Conducting proper reference checks can be time consuming for hiring managers, but if corners are cut, steps are bypassed, and important questions aren’t asked you may not get to know the real candidate.
Reliable, Thorough, and Independent Reference Checking
Our reference interviews add depth to background screening reports by delivering verbatim reports of your candidate’s workplace performance, as described by their former supervisor or manager.
Our rigorously trained interviewers are experts at eliciting thorough responses from referees, adopting a conversational approach throughout the interview, and following up on responses with probing questions designed to retrieve the most accurate and detailed information.
Partner with Sterling to maximise the effectiveness of reference checks. We’ve never met your candidate and have no bias towards them. Our only focus is to provide you with high-quality, detailed information.
Technology to Deliver an Industry Leading Service
Our expert interviewers have conducted over 2 million reference checks, but it’s not just our in-depth experience that gives us the edge. By investing in technology we’ve developed an industry-leading platform which allows us to process and deliver accurate reference checks in super fast time.
- Online Ordering and Consent – Our unique eConsent system allows candidates to securely provide us with their reference details and consent.
- Speed and High Completion Rates – by providing flexible options, each reference can choose to reply online or by telephone.
- Real-time, online delivery of results – you can track and view the progress of each interview, and you are updated as results become available.
Brexit: What Employers Need to Know
With a Brexit deal agreed and a new UK immigration system now in place, employers are navigating unchartered waters as we head into 2021. In this webinar, experts from Fragomen LLP will explore the impact of Brexit and the trends faced by employers when recruiting overseas nationals, examine right to work in the UK and EU countries, and summarise the new Skilled Worker regime and the compliance measures employers need to consider.
Watch On-demandWhat’s Next for Transatlantic Data Transfers?
Read The BlogBackground Checks: Rescreening Considerations for Employers
Download the PDFSterling launches dedicated online resource for the Netherlands as demand grows
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Criminal Record checks
Our comprehensive background screening services raise the safety bar to help ensure faster, accurate hiring decisions
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We validate who you are hiring in advance with thorough verification services backed by our own powerful fulfillment engine.
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Get a view of your candidate beyond the CV or interview as part of a comprehensive and compliant background check programme.
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Expertise and technology to overcome the complexity of background screening an international workforce.
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