Brochure | Introducing Sterling Talent Solutions

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Your Global EmploymentScreening PartnerSmarter Screening, Intelligent Hiring, Peace of Mind.

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Brochure | Introducing Sterling Talent Solutions

Sterling Talent Solutions helps you to protect your staff, your customers and your business by avoiding a bad hire. We act as an extension to the HR department of over 20,000 organisations, from small local businesses to FTSE 100 companies. We work with you to deliver quick and accurate results by providing:

▪ A legally compliant screening programme to meet your needs

▪ Access to in-house experts who can advise on the most suitable checks to perform

▪ Reliable, in-depth investigations, saving you time and resources

▪ Our eConsent portal for quick and efficient applications and a seamless candidate experience

▪ An independent QA service ensuring accurate and reliable results every time

Our proprietary database of HR contacts from thousands of organisations speeds up the verification process and ensures information is gathered directly from the source.

“The Sterling Talent Solutions programme has played an important role in our overall Human Resources screening and recruiting strategy. Sterling has proven responsive and understanding toward our unique requirements.”

— Loss Prevention, International Office Supply Store

Over 25% of the FTSE 100 rely on Sterling Talent Solutions to speed up the recruitment process, save money and help them hire the right person.

Why Work With Us How We’ll Help YouAt Sterling, we understand that no company has the same screening needs as another, which is why we work closely with each of our customers to create individually tailored packages. Our employment screening experts have in-depth knowledge and insight across multiple industry sectors, including:

▪ Aviation & Airside Services

▪ Energy & Utilities

▪ Financial Services

▪ Government & Public Sector

▪ Healthcare

▪ Logistics & Warehousing

▪ Recruitment & Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO)

▪ Retail

Our researchers, account managers, implementation experts and client relations team will guide you throughout the process; from helping with the development of a screening programme to the delivery of custom adjudicated screening reports.

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Brochure | Introducing Sterling Talent Solutions

Sterling provides a wealth of services to meet your screening needs and support a truly effective screening programme, including:

Criminal Disclosure

▪ Select from Basic, Standard or Enhanced Criminal Record Disclosure

▪ Protects your employees, customers and shareholders

▪ Fully compliant with Data Protection, Human Rights and Freedom of Information legislation

▪ Online results delivered in real-time upon completion

Educational and Credential Verification

▪ Verify your candidate’s academic history, industry qualifications and professional memberships

▪ Information sourced directly from student record departments and registrars

▪ A proprietary database of verification procedures at thousands of education institutions worldwide ensures industry leading accuracy and turnaround times

Credit Enquiries

▪ Reveal financial pressures

▪ Uncover history of County Court Judgments, Bankruptcies, Insolvencies, and Individual Voluntary Agreements, etc

▪ Includes verification of addresses and presence on electoral register

Get the Most from Your Screening Programme

Employment and Activity Verification

▪ Verify dates of employment, positions held and reasons for leaving directly from payroll and human resources records

▪ A variety of techniques are used to establish a candidate career timeline to reveal any prolonged gaps in their professional or academic history

▪ Our proprietary database of preferred verification procedures reduces turnaround time

Right to Work Document Verifications

▪ Verify the authenticity of a document through visual analysis and compare the document ID number against official algorithms and databases

▪ Supplement the right to work document checks that an employer is advised to carry out on all prospective employees

▪ Avoid fines of up to £20,000 for employing illegal immigrants

DVLA Reports

▪ Reveal any impaired charges, conditions, restrictions and endorsements on an individual’s driving record

▪ Protect your business from allegations of negligent hiring (fatalities caused by an employee driving on company time can lead to corporate manslaughter charges)

37% Of our employment verifications reveal discrepancies.

Simplifying Your International Screening Programme:With 20 offices in nine countries and growing, we provide global reach with local knowledge via international Criminal Record Checks, Reference Checks, and ID validation. Criminal Record Checks are retrieved from local government agencies, police, or the most reliable source from over 192 countries.

Brochure | Introducing Sterling Talent Solutions

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Delivering a great service to candidates is one of the most important things we do. We recognise that Sterling represents your brand and that’s something we take seriously at every step of the candidate journey.

▪ You provide the name and email address of your candidate online and select from your preset screening packages.

▪ Your candidate receives an email invite to complete their information online using eConsent - our online portal which allows applicants to submit the required information in one easy-to-use location.

▪ Our experienced screening team liaises with your candidate as necessary in order to complete the requested checks.

▪ You receive a detailed, quality-checked candidate report

eConsent provides a simple application process for your candidate and a faster turnaround time for your business.

Our Offices

Sterling provides hiring peace of mind by delivering a simpler, smarter background screening experience for employers worldwide. Our comprehensive suite of background screening solutions deliver accurate, reliable results and tools to maintain compliance throughout the hiring cycle.

With 20 offices in nine countries and growing, our team of more than 3,500 employees proudly serves over 50,000 customers around the world, including 25% of the FTSE 100.

Providing a Simple Application Process for Candidates

Talk To Our Screening Experts: +44 (0) 1792 478838

“The key reason we chose Sterling Talent Solutions was the fact that they showed the most consideration towards the candidate experience. Their system is the best we have seen; it is well laid out and clear, with the ability to run the whole process online which includes electronic signatures. They have a team of degree qualified screening experts who adopt a partnership approach.”

— Recruitment Operations Manager, Financial Services Provider

Global Reach, Local Knowledge

Sterling’s European screening team, headquartered in Swansea, Wales, is the largest and most highly trained in the industry. We perform tens of thousands of criminal record checks for thousands of organizations throughout the U.K., Europe the Middle East and Africa.