Make a job offer and pre-employment checks
Checking qualifications
Where a particular qualification is essential
to the position you want to fill, you should check the qualifications
of job applicants. This can be done at any stage of the recruitment
process.
If you wait until the offer has been made, include a statement
in the offer letter to say that the offer is conditional upon a
satisfactory check of the applicant's qualifications.
- Qualifications checks can be made by:
- consulting the records of professional bodies
- asking the individual to bring certificates along at the interview
stage for checking contacting the particular examining body
Degree and secondary-level qualifications
A service for checking higher education qualifications is available
from the credit reference agency, Experian. Find
information on checking qualifications on the Experian website.
Vocational qualifications
The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) has a database
that sets out the range of qualifications the Authority oversees.
It also contains information on the competence and performance levels
they are based on. Find
out about the national database of vocational qualifications at
the QCA website.
If you want advice on relevant National Vocational Qualifications
(NVQs) in your industry contact
your local Learning and Skills Council (LSC) for access to the database
at the LSC website.
Overseas qualifications
You can check
overseas qualifications at the National Academic Recognition Information
Centre (NARIC) website.
NARIC can be contacted at:
UK NARIC
Oriel House
Oriel Road
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL50 1XP
Tel 0870 990 4088
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