Background checks/vetting

[JoJoGabor]

Just been given a vetting document by a bank I'm due to start contracting with. They are asking for all employment over the last 5 years and agency details.

Some of these for me were in Australia, the vetting company do have offices in Australia. Do you really think they will contact every past contract I have done? Agency and manager?

They also want every address for 6 years.

Are all these things checked thoroughly?

[tim123]

Just been given a vetting document by a bank I'm due to start contracting with. They are asking for all employment over the last 5 years and agency details.

Some of these for me were in Australia, the vetting company do have offices in Australia. Do you really think they will contact every past contract I have done? Agency and manager?

They also want every address for 6 years.

Are all these things checked thoroughly?

No, but they will check up on the addresses.

And it's very likely that if they can't do this, you won't get the gig. BICBW

tim

[Stan.goodvibes]

I have just been through a similar exercise. They are not so much interested in where you lived or who you worked for, as much as they are very interested in what you were doing in between jobs and where you were at that time.

They typically want you to explain everywhere you have been right down to about 3 months, so if you were off doing something for 3 months or more and you can't prove where you were, they start to think that maybe just maybe you were running drugs or banged up for fraud.

It's only fair, given the incredibly high integrity, honestly, ethics, and level of professionalism thats endemic in the banking industry.

[RichardCranium]

It's only fair, given the incredibly high integrity, honestly, ethics, and level of professionalism that's endemic in the banking industry.

I'm in pain!. Have you any idea how painful it is to splutter champagne out of your nose?

[Stan.goodvibes]

I'm in pain!. Have you any idea how painful it is to splutter champagne out of your nose?

Oops sorry. Forgot the SARCASM /SARCASM tags. My bad.

[Ruse]

Just been given a vetting document by a bank I'm due to start contracting with. They are asking for all employment over the last 5 years and agency details.

Some of these for me were in Australia, the vetting company do have offices in Australia. Do you really think they will contact every past contract I have done? Agency and manager?

They also want every address for 6 years.

Are all these things checked thoroughly?

I had this on my last gig. They used an outside agency to do all the checking and one which didn't seem to comply with Data Protection Regs etc.
And yes they contacted every previous employer of mine going right back to my first IT job. If they no longer existed they asked for some proof I had worked there. For every period where I wasn't working they asked for signed self-certification forms. The whole process lasted for the 1st 3 months of the contract ! And if you don't comply the Bank's internal HR people step in and presumably terminate your contract.

Son don't tell porkies as you may be found out and if you are it will be immediate termination. Happened to a colleague of mine who had lied about his educational qualifications. He was gone within a week and he was a permie !

[Bright Spark]

I had this on my last gig. They used an outside agency to do all the checking and one which didn't seem to comply with Data Protection Regs etc.
And yes they contacted every previous employer of mine going right back to my first IT job. If they no longer existed they asked for some proof I had worked there. For every period where I wasn't working they asked for signed self-certification forms. The whole process lasted for the 1st 3 months of the contract ! And if you don't comply the Bank's internal HR people step in and presumably terminate your contract.

Son don't tell porkies as you may be found out and if you are it will be immediate termination. Happened to a colleague of mine who had lied about his educational qualifications. He was gone within a week and he was a permie !

WHS, They will check all the references and confirm dates most of this gets
outsourced to a security companies who specialise in this work.

[oilyrag]

I've had a similar request from a 3rd party vetter, I'm already in the gig but it's a condition of renewel. As well as the usual info for every position i've held over the previous five years they want:

• Basic Salary
• Bonus
• Commission
• Holiday

has anyone handed over this level of info? The reason for asking for it is apparently to stop people jumping up the salary ladder.

I thought we lived in a market economy? Just like the value of shares changes due to market conditions, so does the value of my services! Or am i being erratic?

[Mr Crosby]

My latest role wanted references for the last 3 years, even down to 2 weeks on the bench last year. Yes they did check each and every one as well.

[EddieNambulous]

even down to 2 weeks on the bench last year.

So who did they contact for that then, Mr Bench in Benchtown?