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Currently the UK has one of the slowest and most convoluted recruitment processes globally, this is due to outdated procedures and legislation surrounding recruitment and pre-employment checks. The recruitment operations need to speed up, without compromising safety – utilising digital platforms, and other technologies is crucial to achieve this. 

An end-to-end digital hiring experience raises issues of exclusion and dangers from AI. Sue Weekes investigates.

The introduction of digital identity verification checks have been in situ since October. Sue Weekes investigates how the system is working so far

An All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on modernising employment and hiring has launched in the UK Parliament.

OCR Labs Global, a world leader in digital ID verification, has received the official certification for the United Kingdom’s Digital Identity & Attributes Trust Framework (DIATF). The company’s Zero Bias AI technology pioneers the use of generative AI to train deep neural network systems to protect against discrimination on the basis of race, age and gender. DIATF is a set of

January reporting of job scams is already 66% ahead of December 2022’s total, sparking worries this rise could exacerbate recruitment struggles and stress-test hiring processes.

The Disclosure and Barring Service has published a care worker recruitment toolkit to help employers gather employment and conduct references.

Online Recruitment magazine for HR Directors, Personnel Managers, Job Boards and Recruiters with information on the internet recruitment industry

From 1 October this year, right to work checks will permanently change meaning employers will only be able to hire applicants by meeting them face-to-face or using ID validation technology to check hiring documents.

Online vetting is spreading—and worrying | Britain