Powerchex

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Powerchex Ltd.
Type	Private Company
Founded	2005
Headquarters	City of London, UK
Key people	Alexandra Kelly, Founder, MD
Industry	Financial Services
Products	Background Check
Revenue	Undisclosed
Operating income	Undisclosed
Net income	Undisclosed
Website	http://www.powerchex.co.uk

Powerchex is a UK based pre-employment screening company specialising in the financial services sector in the City of London.^[1] Every year Powerchex commissions the Shell Technology and Enterprise Programme to conduct market research into trends in applicant fraud. In the 2007 research it was discovered that 89% of undisclosed criminal records are found on the CVs of temps and that overall, discrepancies on CVs have fallen by 18% from 31% in 2005/2006 to 13% in 2006/2007. The findings were published in the national press including The Guardian.^[2]

[edit] Further Reading

• "Honesty in the City? Well just on CVs in The Guardian (August 4th, 2007)
• "Beware the pitfalls of a dodgy reference", Recruiter Magazine (October 21st, 2005)
• "Truth of fiction", Management Issue (August 18th, 2005)
• "Firms 'sloppy at vetting staff", Business Europe (August 16th, 2005)
• "Implementing an effective screening policy"

[edit] See also

• Background Check
• Criminal record check
• Security clearance

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