Reply to: Security Watchdog Screening Bureau

[eek]

One of the mandatory fields in the form is Salary...

Its a permie form. Just put an appropriate value next to it (I went for 0)

[northernladuk]

One of the mandatory fields in the form is Salary...

And what does your salary have to do with your previous rates? Remember the point I made about you mixing up company business and personal business?

[naijamanuk]

From what you posted they haven't asked for it.

One of the mandatory fields in the form is Salary...

[naijamanuk]

Took them ages as I didn't have an accountant to vouch for me, in the end just asked a mate to pretend to be a copper, they rang him and it was sorted

Really! I thought they were more professional than that.
Why did they need your accountant anyway?

[SimonMac]

What DaveB said. It took them about 1/2 day to do mine but I ensured I was available to resolve any issues they had to come up with agreeable solutions. Others took longer

Took them ages as I didn't have an accountant to vouch for me, in the end just asked a mate to pretend to be a copper, they rang him and it was sorted

[northernladuk]

Of course i know that but my question is why do they need this information? I could tell them anything, how will they verify it?

From what you posted they haven't asked for it.

[naijamanuk]

+1. A basic fail distinguishing the difference between the amount the company bills and what you are personally paid. Totally different things.

Of course i know that but my question is why do they need this information? I could tell them anything, how will they verify it?

[SueEllen]

+1. A basic fail distinguishing the difference between the amount the company bills and what you are personally paid. Totally different things.

+2 I would say something else but this is the professional forums.

[northernladuk]

Surely you weren't paying your entire rate to yourself as salary? I'd think they are asking about your salary, not the amount your company invoices for.

+1. A basic fail distinguishing the difference between the amount the company bills and what you are personally paid. Totally different things.

[Ticktock]

Been filling in the company forms online and the buggers are actually asking for my NI number and past salary... whats that all about?
I am definitely not going to tell them my past rates. they can eff off.

Surely you weren't paying your entire rate to yourself as salary? I'd think they are asking about your salary, not the amount your company invoices for.

[naijamanuk]

Been filling in the company forms online and the buggers are actually asking for my NI number and past salary... whats that all about?
I am definitely not going to tell them my past rates. they can eff off.

[DaveB]

From what the agency told me they are quite thorough and check references for the last ten years. Problem is i have lost all contact details of the agency or colleagues i worked with during a short contract in 2004.

From what I understand thats normal for finance gigs. It's just that the client has outsourced the checking to these guys rather than do it themselves.

Can you check your bank statements for the period and get the agency name from them, and then get contact details that way? Give the checking company the generic contact details for the agency and let them sort it out from there, or try and contact the agency yourself and ask them to dig up the records.

[eek]

Thanks
How far back did they check your references? My role is with a Financial services client and the agency said they would want refs going back ten years.

8 years but to be honest that wasn't difficult in my case

[naijamanuk]

What DaveB said. It took them about 1/2 day to do mine but I ensured I was available to resolve any issues they had to come up with agreeable solutions. Others took longer

Thanks
How far back did they check your references? My role is with a Financial services client and the agency said they would want refs going back ten years.

[naijamanuk]

It's not a vetting service. They are just reselling the basic pre-employment checks that anyone can get done for themselves. It's a service for employers who can't be bothered to do the checks themselves or who want to offload the risk of getting it wrong to a third party.

None of what they offer is special in anyway.

From what the agency told me they are quite thorough and check references for the last ten years. Problem is i have lost all contact details of the agency or colleagues i worked with during a short contract in 2004.