Features Candidate Background Checks

Improve your quality of hire and avoid issues in the future.

If you want to ensure you’ve got the right candidate for the job, background checks are an essential part of the recruitment process. When you don’t carry out checks, you risk harming your business in the future. Our talent acquisition platform takes the hassle out of conducting candidate background checks, automatically sending for the right checks at the click of a button.

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So how does Smart Recruit Online help with background checks?

Check out these benefits that you’ll get with the platform…

A more efficient screening process.

You will be able to send for background checks automatically straight from your platform, meaning time your recruiters typically would spend doing this manually is drastically reduced. This naturally reduces your time-to-hire and leads to a better overall candidate experience, which means fewer drop offs, and more quality candidates!

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Avoid making negligent hires.

It can be easy to overlook background checks, but a negligent hire could put other employees or customers at risk. Negligent hiring damages can come at a great cost to your business, and impact your brand reputation, dissuading talent from applying with you in future.

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Better internal coordination.

As all background checks take place on one platform, your whole recruitment team can have complete visibility over candidate progress. This centralisation helps you collaborate more effectively on hires, and keeps important decision-makers up to date on candidate activity.

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Improved quality of hire.

Select essential candidate background checks catered to your industry that ensure you’re getting the right quality of hire for your business. Doing your due diligence and ensuring all information provided on candidate CVs is accurate helps avoid the financial and performance costs of making the wrong hire.

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What our customers say about us

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I would recommend Smart Recruit Online as a fantastic platform to any HR team, or in house recruitment function

Liz Shelley Human Resources Manager - JCB

Key Group have reduced agency spend, saved over £300k in recruitment costs, and still improved applicant quality.

Daniel Grinstead Recruitment Manager - Key Group
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Smart Recruit Online has delivered a key solution to our recruitment needs. As an organisation with often quite niche roles to fill, they have given us the ability to reach out to the right candidates with ease. The Support Team has made using the system easy and provided us with best practice and useful tips to maximise our ability to deliver on our people strategies.

John McIntyre Resourcing Specialist
Securitas

Smart Recruit has been very attentive, understanding of our needs, and adaptable; nothing is ever too much trouble for them. They delivered as they said they would, and our managers love the SRO system, it’s made their lives so much easier!

All in all, working with SRO has been a very positive experience for us

Sarah Hayes HR Director at Securitas

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Customisations

The platform is designed for maximum user flexibility, with over 200 features already developed for clients. You tell us your specific recruitment needs and our internal development team will quickly respond to any customisation requests.

Onboarding

Onboarding takes less than 2 days and no more than a few hours of your time. Some clients can be operational and with jobs live in just a few hours! Training can be tailored to suit your needs with unlimited access to your Account Manager and Support Team.

Copywriting

Our dedicated copywriting team help you optimise your job adverts to maximise results. This is based on years of research on style and tone for your target audience, the correct keywords, and structure.

Ongoing Support

Access to a Support Team to help get the most out of your platform via phone or email. You also have a Help tool within the platform, with video tutorials and FAQs. Strategy meetings are offered to help assess your campaign performance and work together on what to improve.

Managed Services

On the occasions when you’re snowed under and need extra help, our Managed Services are here to help. From managing a job and screening candidates, to searching job board databases for relevant candidates, who we can then contact on your behalf.

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Frequently asked questions

Employment background checks review a current or prospective employee’s background to help assess their suitability for a role. The background checks carried out depends on the criteria set by an employer, however there are some checks you are legally obligated to perform.
Employment background checks are a vital part of your recruitment screening process. They ensure you don't make negligent hires which can come at a great cost to your business' reputation and finances. Failure to conduct some background checks such as a right-to-work check can also lead to hefty fines for non-compliance.
In the UK, it is vital that every employer ensures new employees are allowed to work in the UK with a right-to-work check. Additional important checks can be done provided you have a candidate's consent and can give a justified reason.
When you book a demo of the platform, one of our consultants will give you a virtual walkthrough of the platform tailored to your specific recruitment objectives. These are typically 45 minutes to 1 hour long with no hard selling.
Yes, you can refer to our GDPR policy here.
Our Support Team is on-hand to help you with any questions you have about the platform and getting the most out of your use of it – we don’t just leave you to your own devices! You also have access to a Help tool within the platform, video tutorials, and FAQs.

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