Reply to: Hireright screening

[theroyale]

Very few will stand up. Hence I advise the OP to do as required.

Good to see some spine on the contractor forums

[tvr450]

I did this last year. I just gave my accountant (JSA) as a reference and they were fine with it.

I think I had to list previous contracts, but they were happy with the accountant reference.

[radish2008]

How does showing a personal bank statement give your rate away or indeed that the agency were paying you, or was this all through an umbrella?

It wasn't a personal account - it was my business account.

[fidot]

just do it. I did a few years ago for current gig in financial. It's very common as they outsource and it's good for compliance etc. If you refuse you won't get the gig. Up to you. I had to send 3 years bank stats which I worried about as I'd quoted current rate at +10% to get a raise. I needn't have worried - they just wanted to make sure the current gig at the time was actually paying me (they refused to just call the guy). Don't let it stress you out - just smile and give them what they want - they are only checking boxes.

How does showing a personal bank statement give your rate away or indeed that the agency were paying you, or was this all through an umbrella?

[BrilloPad]

We need to stand up to this sort of bollocks or they will starting creeping up on us.

Very few will stand up. Hence I advise the OP to do as required.

[theroyale]

I would refuse based on OP's description of what they are asking for. Happy to provide references and dates for previous roles/university degrees/any certifications claimed. But I will not provide any explanation of what I do with my time outside of my contracting life.

Additionally I would feed the above back to the agency and ask them to feed this back to the client. We need to stand up to this sort of bollocks or they will starting creeping up on us.

[Darren_Test]

I have gone though similar vetting few years ago with staffvetting, they also got another company Novarisk. Bit painful process but something we can't avoid. In that case It took nearly a month after me joining the contract to complete the process. So not sure what's point of having their vetting. I mostly given agencies as references, their HRs will deal with them.

There were gaps between contracts but but never created any trouble.

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[Dark Black]

I'd probably refuse - it's for a contract. A permie role is different, but if a client takes on a contractor and they turn out out to be duff then they will just terminate.

If for some reason I did accept the process they'd get contract dates and agency contacts same as I do for security clearance. End client is none of their business.

[radish2008]

I feel uncomfortable sending one, unless I was going through finance checks.

just do it. I did a few years ago for current gig in financial. It's very common as they outsource and it's good for compliance etc. If you refuse you won't get the gig. Up to you. I had to send 3 years bank stats which I worried about as I'd quoted current rate at +10% to get a raise. I needn't have worried - they just wanted to make sure the current gig at the time was actually paying me (they refused to just call the guy). Don't let it stress you out - just smile and give them what they want - they are only checking boxes.

[pmeswani]

I've had to do this twice, the second time round I just sent them 3 years of bank statements and left them to their devices to conclude about gaps or changes in employment, do you think they actually bothered to read through all of them?

I feel uncomfortable sending one, unless I was going through finance checks.

[tiggat]

I've had to do this twice, the second time round I just sent them 3 years of bank statements and left them to their devices to conclude about gaps or changes in employment, do you think they actually bothered to read through all of them?

[fullyautomatix]

Many of the places I've worked at would refuse to answer the bolded bit. They'd push references to HR who would give the standard 'I can confirm that Mr b0redom worked here between xxx and yyy. All of those questions are completely subjective and open to either a positive or negative bias.

This was for a permie gig a while ago, I think for contract roles, it might just be HR confirming the employment dates.

[b0redom]

I have been through Hireright before. It was actually painless.

From what I remember, they contacted two professional references and asked a few basic questions like

What was the working relationship you had with this person?
Length of time worked with?
How would you describe his interpersonal skills?
What would you say motivated the individual most?
What would you say are his strongest attributes?
Would you rehire/recommend for rehire?

They also called up the Uni to verify the degree, also called the personal reference for a character reference.

They also did a passport check and criminal record check.

I would suggest that you go through with it, your gaps will not be an issue.

Many of the places I've worked at would refuse to answer the bolded bit. They'd push references to HR who would give the standard 'I can confirm that Mr b0redom worked here between xxx and yyy. All of those questions are completely subjective and open to either a positive or negative bias.

[fullyautomatix]

I have been through Hireright before. It was actually painless.

From what I remember, they contacted two professional references and asked a few basic questions like

What was the working relationship you had with this person?
Length of time worked with?
How would you describe his interpersonal skills?
What would you say motivated the individual most?
What would you say are his strongest attributes?
Would you rehire/recommend for rehire?

They also called up the Uni to verify the degree, also called the personal reference for a character reference.

They also did a passport check and criminal record check.

I would suggest that you go through with it, your gaps will not be an issue.

[pmeswani]

You really don't understand this do you?

After my hirerite onboarding marathon, I was asked to consider a permanent position. I was told ALL the same checks would have to be repeated.

How much do you want the gig? If you are desperate, bend over and lube up.

I have offered to walk away from this gig. So I am not desperate.