Is your company securely locked up? Are all the latest design and technical provisions in use? Are there systems in place for secure organisation, administration and checking? Many would say yes to these questions, which makes it all the more surprising that so little attention is paid to antecedent inquiries into new employees. References and diplomas may be asked for. Perhaps even a telephone call to a previous employer with brief questions about the applicant’s work. Or a telephone call is placed to a referee whom the applicant themselves has selected. But for the rest, personnel staff too often relies on their own knowledge of people.

Those who have a past know how to pull the wool over the eyes of a prospective employer. In the first place they really need a new employer, particularly if they have been out of circulation for a while. Moreover they have probably learned from experience how to do it.

The basis of a professional antecedent inquiry consists of a check of all the data supplied by the prospective employee. We pay special attention to sabbaticals, studies and periods spent abroad. We advise the employer at the first interview to inform the applicant that this will take place and to sign a declaration that they have no objection to such an inquiry. This can be useful for us when we approach people with questions and can also deter some people with a past from proceeding with their application.

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