Employment History Checks

Accurately verifying a candidate’s employment history is one of the most important steps in responsible hiring. Past roles, tenure, responsibilities and performance provide critical insight into a candidate’s capability, reliability and overall fit for your organisation. Yet many CVs contain embellished responsibilities, inconsistent dates or unexplained gaps that require deeper investigation.
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TalentScreen by MVSI uses a structured method we call Triangulation. This involves validating information directly with three separate sources:

1. The candidate, to understand their stated history
2. Referees, to verify performance, behaviours and contribution
3. HR or payroll departments of previous employers, to confirm role details, tenure, position title and employment records
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By cross referencing these perspectives, we build an accurate and complete picture of the candidate’s work history. Triangulation helps identify inflated job titles, exaggerated responsibilities, incorrect dates, missing roles or gaps that require explanation. It also highlights the depth and breadth of day-to-day responsibilities, giving you far more insight than a standard reference check.
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This level of verification is vital for roles where trust, qualifications, technical skills or leadership responsibilities matter. It helps ensure that candidates have genuinely developed the competencies they claim and have a proven history of performing at the required standard.