{"id":8406,"date":"2018-08-14T14:41:39","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T10:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/?p=8406"},"modified":"2018-08-14T14:41:39","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T10:41:39","slug":"emea-businesses-prioritise-finding-and-keeping-talent-in-2018-hireright-research-reveals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/emea-businesses-prioritise-finding-and-keeping-talent-in-2018-hireright-research-reveals\/","title":{"rendered":"EMEA Businesses Prioritise Finding And Keeping Talent In 2018, HireRight Research Reveals"},"content":{"rendered":"

HireRight<\/a>, a leading provider of global candidate due diligence services, has announced findings from its 2018 EMEA Employment Screening Benchmark Report<\/a>. Finding, retaining and developing talent has been earmarked as a key challenge this year for more than half (52%) of EMEA businesses, according to the latest annual EMEA employment screening benchmark report from HireRight.<\/p>\n

In this year\u2019s survey of human resource (HR) and risk professionals in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), employee growth emerged as one of the top priorities for EMEA businesses. 71% of companies reported that they are planning to grow their workforce in 2018, compared to 59% in 2017. Further, there has been a shift from attracting talent to retaining it, with 43% of businesses having identified maximising employee engagement as a top talent management issue (a rise of 30% from 2017). To address this concern, half (52%) of companies report that they are investing in engagement initiatives and improving company culture.<\/p>\n

\u201cHR and risk departments have faced a nearly unprecedented year of change and challenge, as they tackle tightening data regulation, Brexit uncertainty, technological disruptions, and the continued move towards contingent and flexible working,\u201d according to Steve Girdler<\/a>, Managing Director of EMEA and APAC at HireRight. \u201cDespite these changes, business confidence continues to grow, and as a result hiring rates are expected to rise \u2013 in many cases, significantly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Candidate verification<\/strong><\/p>\n

Verification of candidates does remain a concern for employers, however. 89% of survey respondents report that they have seen candidates misrepresenting information on CVs or job applications. In addition, over a quarter (28%) of businesses uncovered issues during screenings of senior-level staff, with 26% of businesses admitting that it\u2019s possible that board-level staff have never<\/em> had their qualifications and experience verified.<\/p>\n

75% of organisations surveyed say they have discovered candidate history discrepancies that would have gone undiscovered without the use of background screening. Of organisations which screen, ensuring a positive candidate experience was one of the biggest issues of importance \u2013 having risen 14% in a year \u2013 with half (51%) of businesses investing into initiatives to improve this.<\/p>\n

According to Girdler, \u201cWith corporate reputational scandals continuing to make headlines and increasing pressures of regulatory compliance, and EMEA businesses are now held to closer scrutiny than ever before. However, many continue to needlessly open themselves up to threats by not implementing simple but effective screening processes when hiring.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDiscrepancies are continuing to be identified at all candidate levels of seniority \u2013 from entry to board room level. The need for employers to hire with confidence is becoming ever-more crucial to avoid business risk.\u201d<\/p>\n

GDPR readiness <\/strong><\/p>\n

Respondents to this year\u2019s survey were also clearly focused on the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) legislation, which came into force on May 25th and impacts the way all EMEA businesses transfer and store data, whether they are EU-based or hire from within the EU. Over two-thirds of businesses (69%) reported that they were ready for the required changes, and that they know exactly how to comply with GDPR. Still, nearly one fifth (18%) of HR and risk professionals say they don\u2019t know how GDPR is any different from the existing Data Protection Directive.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s clear that, as a result of GDPR, companies are now having to paying more attention to all aspects of data handling, including where data is stored and processed around the world,\u201d said Girdler<\/a>. \u201cAs a business, HireRight rigorously planned to be GDPR compliant \u2013 including ISO certifications, a separate data centre and updated policies \u2013 to ensure a candidate\u2019s data is protected. These efforts and investments have put us squarely at the forefront of the screening industry in terms of embracing the drive toward transparency, accessibility and our compliance when it comes to candidate data.\u201d<\/p>\n

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HireRight, a leading provider of global candidate due diligence services, has announced findings from its 2018 EMEA Employment Screening Benchmark Report. Finding, retaining and developing talent has been earmarked as a key challenge this year for more than half (52%) of EMEA businesses, according to the latest annual EMEA employment screening benchmark report from HireRight. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8406"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8408,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8406\/revisions\/8408"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}